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Plus Relocation Services Provides Information Builders' Unique Business Intelligence Services to Global Customer Base
Custom Dashboard Environment Is the First of Its Kind for Relocation Management Industry
| Source: Information Builders
NEW YORK, NY--(Marketwire - September 21, 2009) - Information Builders, an independent leader in
business intelligence (BI)
solutions, today announced that Plus Relocation Services has deployed
Information Builders WebFOCUS BI platform as the foundation for a
customer-facing dashboard environment called InformAgility. As a global leader
in the full-service relocation management and consulting industry, Plus
Relocation created the BI environment to help clients create better
relocation packages, keep track of expenses, and stay on budget throughout
the year. Plus Relocation also used WebFOCUS to create an operational reporting system that helps employees communicate more
effectively with customers about the costs and potential issues associated
with relocation activities. Nearly 180 customers rely on InformAgility with
more than 80 internal users depending on WebFOCUS for reporting and
analysis functions.
According to Mick Lee, chairman and CEO at Plus Relocation Services, they
selected Information Builders based on its proven success in Web-based
reporting and performance management, coupled with its mature data visualization
software. "Our new dashboards give us reporting capabilities that our
competitors simply don't have," said Mr. Lee. "Through WebFOCUS, our
clients are able to generate a variety of online, standard, and ad hoc
reports in the areas of relocation activity, expenses, home sales, and
invoice history."
InformAgility makes this information easily accessible in a variety of
formats such as graphs, PDF, HTML, Excel, and Active Reports. It includes
an interactive cost calculator, online authorization forms, real-time
status updates, customized financial reports, up-to-the-minute transferee
survey results, and a document library for policies and reports. For
example, if an employee moves from San Francisco to Singapore, the employer
can estimate how much that relocation will cost and then use InformAgility
to track expenses against that estimate. In addition, employers who
purchase and resell their employees' former homes can track appraisals,
listing amounts and offers for each property. They can also drop in
different pricing structures to perform "what-if" scenarios -- a valuable
capability in today's volatile housing market.
Information Builders Professional Services helped Plus Relocation build a
variety of operational reporting capabilities for internal use. Once these
basic reports were in place, Plus Relocation used WebFOCUS Flex Enable to
generate reports, graphs, and other visual representations of the data,
including graphical drill-down capabilities that let users filter and
manipulate information as they see fit. Plus Relocation is also using
WebFOCUS Flex Enable to integrate graphics into its proposals, including
interactive reports, drop-down menus, and dashboards. In the near future,
the company plans to deploy WebFOCUS Performance Management Framework to
complement an existing balanced scorecard initiative.
"At a time when many relocation services companies are struggling to stay
afloat, Plus Relocation Services has proven how the right mix of reporting
and performance management capabilities can offer the competitive edge
necessary to acquire and retain new clients," said Gerald D. Cohen,
president and CEO at Information Builders. "Technology-savvy organizations
enjoy having the flexibility to generate their own reports, collaborate
online, and continually monitor activities and costs. Plus Relocation is at
the forefront of an emerging trend to offer custom BI capabilities to
customers."
About Plus Relocation Services, Inc.
Founded in 1968, Plus Relocation Services, Inc. is recognized as a global
leader in the design and implementation of employee relocation and
assignment management programs. The company has earned rave reviews for
"delivering delight" through their expertise, personalized services,
innovative programs, and cutting-edge technology. Headquartered in
Minneapolis, MN, PLUS has offices in the United States, Client Program
Managers in the EMEA and APAC Regions, and the best on-the-ground service
partners throughout the world. For additional information about PLUS and
our services, please visit our Web site at www.plusrelocation.com.
About Information Builders
Information Builders' award-winning combination of business intelligence
and enterprise integration software has been providing innovative solutions
to more than 12,000 customers for the past 30 years. WebFOCUS is the
world's most widely utilized business intelligence platform. It provides
the security, scalability and flexibility needed at every level of global
extended enterprises. Its simplicity helps create executive, analytical,
and operational applications that reach dozens to millions of users.
Information Builders' iWay Software suite provides state of the art,
multi-purpose, pre-built integration components that address all SOA, application, data and information management
requirements. Its integration adapters have been adopted by the leading
software platform providers. Information Builders also offers solutions in
the performance management, business
activity monitoring, and
enterprise search markets. The company's comprehensive enterprise
product offerings give Information Builders' customers the ability to grow
and innovate according to their needs.
Information Builders' customers include most of the Fortune 100 and U.S.
federal government agencies. Headquartered in New York City with 90 offices
worldwide, the company employs 1,450 people and has more than 350 business
partners. More information is available at
http://www.informationbuilders.com.