Citation
(2001), "Data in store", Work Study, Vol. 50 No. 5. https://doi.org/10.1108/ws.2001.07950ead.003
Publisher
:Emerald Group Publishing Limited
Copyright © 2001, MCB UP Limited
Data in store
Data in store
To help cope with rising requests for reports and analysis on limited IT resources, medical imaging device specialist Siemens Medical Solutions has implemented a data warehousing solution from business intelligence solutions provider Cognos. The medical technology company is currently rolling out the solution to staff in its finance, logistics, sales, service and marketing departments. The solution allows IT personnel to generate service and maintenance reports detailing internal functions such as contract revenue, labour and equipment costs and inventory. Lonnie Reiver, e-solutions manager, Siemens Medical Solutions highlighted the problems with the previous system. "The reports generated were static and could not be easily customised for the end-user. We chose Cognos' business intelligence software because of the company's flexibility, depth of product line and its ability to push our solutions to a Web-based environment."