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Case Studies by Solution Area

Business Process Management (BPM)

• Fujitsu helps the City of Edmonton adopt a new decision making tool
  

  Interested in understanding how to achieve the maximum value from its technology-related strategic initiatives, the City of Edmonton partnered with Fujitsu to implement EVM into all of its governance processes.

Database Management

• PRIMEPOWER server solution supports an aggressive corporate growth strategy [PDF]
  

  First American Real Estate Solutions chose Fujitsu PRIMEPOWER server solutions to drive a massive Oracle database and improve its data center performance and reliability to support an aggressive corporate growth strategy.

e-Learning

• Indiana Wesleyan University’s delivers quality education with Fujitsu LifeBook notebooks [PDF]
  

  Nine years ago, Indiana Wesleyan University placed its first purchase order for Fujitsu LifeBook® notebooks. While IT team members have looked at other products from time to time, they remain committed to Fujitsu notebooks– purchasing more than 5,000 since the initial order.

• The College of Engineering at Virginia Tech transforms learning environment with Fujitsu Tablet PCs [PDF]
  

  To facilitate active learning, the College of Engineering turned to Tablet PC technology. The team felt the Tablet PC form factor and pen computing capabilities provided many opportunities for creativity and active learning that were not provided by a traditional notebook computer.

Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP)

• G&T Conveyor looks to Glovia ERP to optimize business processes and enhance operational control [PDF]
  

  One of the largest privately held baggage handling systems manufacturers in the United States, G&T Conveyor looks to Glovia to resolve their issues with multiple legacy systems, poor cycle times, and limited scalability.

• Glovia ERP's Project Accounting automates cost control processes and provides enhanced visibility for budget analysis [PDF]
  

  Radio Frequency Company migrated to the current version of Glovia to take advantage of automated cost control process, project accounting, project resource planning and enhanced visibility for budget analysis.

• Glovia ERP automates business processes, provides real-time information, and standardizes automotive company on a single enterprise solution [PDF
  

  An integrated supplier to the automotive industry in North America and one of the world’s leading developers and producers of innovative audio, digital and other electronic products for consumer, business and industrial use selected Glovia ERP as their single enterprise solution, with the company migrating to the current version of Glovia ERP, replacing legacy systems. The current Glovia ERP version has automated many of their critical business processes, improved navigation of the system, and provided important operational information in real-time.

• Glovia ERP delivers foundation for global automotive business at Keihin Aircon [PDF]
  

  A principal supplier of fuel systems, electronic controls and HVAC products to Honda, Keihin Corporation used gloiva.com to integrate its three North American manufacturing plants, reduce inventory levels and decrease personnel costs.

• Glovia ERP delivers integration of supply and demand chains with huge cost savings for Fujitsu Telecom [PDF]
  

  Glovia runs multiple manufacturing plants in the UK and Ireland for this leading provider of fiber optic transmission systems as well as voice and data switches.

• Glovia ERP delivers the "most cost-effective solution" for this maker of custom-made and ready-to-wear medical hosiery [PDF]
  

  "We'll be able to respond globally as a company, so that everyone who has contact with a customer will be able to pull up current and historical data instantly. They'll also have direct access to any notes made by the field sales people. It's all about personal service and responsiveness - and that's what gives us a competitive edge." David Madanski, Systems and Programming Manager, Beiersdorf-Jobst.

• Glovia ERP helps Daktronics reduce engineering-to-manufcturing cycle times [PDF]
  

  Glovia's unmatched projects capabilities and enterprise-wide visibility helps this world class manufacturer of electronic scoreboards and large-screen / programmable video displays to keep customer promises and cut costs.

• Glovia ERP helps TRB keep its product lines running smoothly [PDF]
  

  Glovia helps TRB, an automotive supplier of everything from steering and airbag systems to switches and key cylinders, keep its product lines running smoothly

• Glovia ERP helps Trimm Technologies (now JMR) substantially reduce the time-to-market for new products [PDF]
  

  Glovia substantially reduced the time-to-market for new products for the premiere provider of high performance storage systems for networking, digital, broadcast, and data-storage environments.

• Glovia ERP provides a real-time view for a leading manufacturer of plastic and rubber components [PDF]
  

  See how Glovia creates an accurate, real-time view of this leading manufacturer of plastic and rubber components.

• Glovia ERP simplifies purchasing and product manufacturing at Veromatic International [PDF]
  

  Glovia simplifies purchasing and production for this manufacturer of customized vending machines.

• Glovia ERP triggers DEK's entire manufacturing process [PDF]
  

  Glovia provided an integrated, global solution for the world's leading provider of advanced Pre-Placement manufacturing solutions for the electronics circuit board assembly and semiconductor industries.

• Munters Americas implements Glovia ERP's Customer Self-Service to enhance customer experience [PDF]
  

  Munters Americas eBusiness Order Management initiative saves time, improves order accuracy and visibility, and enhances customer experience.

• NSK Corporation trims millions of dollars in excess inventory with Glovia's integrated ERP system [PDF]
  

  Glovia helped the world's second largest producer of ball and roller bearings trim nearly $8 million in excess inventory.

• Oil States Industries migrates to current version of Glovia ERP enhancing operational visibility and SCM [PDF]
  

  Oil States' recent migration to the current version of our software improves operational visibility and supply chain management through minimizing customizations and standardizing system use.

• Portola Packaging gains significant control over operations with Glovia ERP's real-time framework [PDF]
  

  Glovia's extended ERP solution provides a real-time framework for improved financials, inventories, information flow, and customer service at one of the world's largest designers, manufacturers, and marketers of tamper-evident plastic closures and containers.

Imaging Solutions

• Andover School District reduces paper usage with Fujitsu ScanSnap™ scanners
  

  Andover Public School district has a five-member School Board which oversees the budget, policy and legal matters for the school district. Committee members are often inundated with paper documents. Committee member, Christpher Smith soon recognized the current process of disseminating and retaining paper documents could be vastly improved.

• Bridgepointe Technologies digitizes its telecommunication paper trail with Fujitsu ScanSnap™ scanner
  

  Bridgepointe recently began using the Fujitsu ScanSnap™ scanning solution to help digitize its telecommunications paper trail and improve the storage and retrieval of customer contracts. Prior to using the Fujitsu ScanSnap solution, Bridgepointe used a combination of traditional fax and efax solutions with a manual filing system to communicate and store customer contracts and purchase orders.

• Cornerstone Health Care adopts electronic health record solution with the Fujitsu scanners
  

  Electronic Health Record (EHR) systems have demonstrated their ability to improve the quality of patient care and safety. Healthcare institutions, both small and large, that have implemented an EHR system have also experienced the financial benefits that come along with it. Additionally, recent developments, including President Bush's public support for a National Health Information Infrastructure, are supporting a shift by medical groups towards the widespread use of information technology to improve care and reduce costs. It’s no wonder that more and more organizations are looking to Electronic Health Records to automate and streamline the clinician's workflow.

• Rabuck Agency finds ScanSnap for Mac
  

  Recognizing that improved document management was one way that it could save time and money, Rabuck turned to the Fujitsu ScanSnap S510M Mac compatible scanner.

• Waterford School Districts automates registration with the Fujitsu fi-4120C scanner
  

  Each new school year Waterford enrolls close to 1,500 new students. Like most school districts throughout the United States, historically, this process was manual, paper intensive and time consuming. Before implementing the automated enrollment system, Waterford handled its entire enrollment on-site at each school building the child was enrolling in. Waterford was in need of a solution that would decrease staff headaches and streamline the process while giving the time and money back to the children.

• Wild, Carey & Fife law firm becomes more efficient with the Fujitsu ScanSnap Mac scanner
  

  Founded in 1980, San Francisco-based law firm, Wild, Carey and Fife is a small, private, full-service litigation law firm that serves a broad range of clients including, Professional Liability Law, Insurance Coverage Law, Business Litigation, Personal Injury Law, Construction Litigation and Transportation. With a variety of cases to manage on a daily basis, Wild, Carey and Fife rely on an efficient filing system of its sensitive records, in order to operate effectively.

Legacy Migration

• Ministry of Revenue adopts .NET technology [PDF]
  

  The IT staff in the Ministry of Revenue now has an easier task of maintaining a stronger, more robust set of online services.

• State of Washington Department of Licensing selects NETCOBOL for .NET
  

  Department of Licensing decided that the time had come to make the move from the Unisys mainframe to commodity hardware in the form of Windows-supporting computers. Fujitsu Consulting's winning proposal met the RFP criteria in a way that minimized the migration risk while helping staff build contemporary skills.

Retail Solutions

• Fujitsu automated ticketing kiosks are a hit at Regal Cinemas
  

  Regal is implementing a two-part deployment that includes both the Regal Express automated ticketing kiosk and an upgraded concession POS system.

• Fujitsu POS a good fit for Liz Claiborne
  

  Following a rigorous search in the fall of 2002 that included a review of business, technical and application requirements for a new chain-wide point-of-sale (POS) system, Liz Claiborne Inc. deemed Frisco, Texas-based Fujitsu Transaction Solutions Inc. as the best fit for its then 300-plus retail stores.

• Fujitsu U-Scan Self-Checkout system provides a competitive edge for Schnuck Markets
  

  Fujitsu U-Scan self-checkout units at Schnuck's stores process an average of 30% of all customer orders.

• GlobalSTORE is a good fit for Staples Europe
  

  Staples deploys Fujitsu's state of the art POS system, GlobalSTORE, in Germany and Portugal that could later be extended to the retailer’s European store network in the UK and the Netherlands.

• Hannaford standardizes Kash n' Karry IT services with Fujitsu
  

  When Hannaford Bros. Co. took over management of IT operations for its sister company Kash n' Karry, Hannaford CIO Bill Homa faced twice as many stores to oversee, a complex array of technology vendors to sort through and no additional staff support.

• Marks & Spencer deploys GlobalSTORE POS in 10 months
  

  Marks & Spencer's core POS system is founded on Fujitsu's GlobalSTORE solution, which was customized to meet the retailer's needs before being piloted and then rolled out to 350 stores across the U.K. and Europe.

• REI improves customer service with GlobalSTORE POS
  

  REI turned to Fujitsu's Corema for a system that could totally integrate customer information from many different sources and systems to create a single view of the customer, with one single tool.

• Staples and Fujitsu collaborate to reduce IT service costs
  

  Keep it simple. Those three words say it all for Staples Inc.'s approach to IT infrastructure. Fujitsu's approach to service delivery helps Staples relentlessly reduce costs.

• Staples makes buying office products easy with Fujitsu's iPAD mobile devices
  

  The next-generation applications on handhelds and POS systems have helped increase the store associates' productivity, improve overall customer satisfaction scores and ultimately drive sales.

• West Midlands Co-operative Society Deploys GlobalSTORE across UK
  

  Following an extremely successful pilot, GlobalSTORE will be rolled-out across West Midland Co-op's remaining 36 stores. Once implemented, all of the Society’s IT infrastructure, including legacy and third-party products, will be supported by Fujitsu on a 24-hours-a-day, 7-days-a-week basis, using enterprise management and desktop tools to ensure optimum performance and minimum down-time.

Scientific Applications

• ARCO Chemical predicts polymer stability using CAChe software from Fujitsu
  

  Using CAChe™ to calculate reactivity indices, ARCO Chemical was able to disprove its competitor's claims that ARCO Chemical's less expensive polyester would degrade faster in sunlight.

• Fujitsu calculates binding energy for FKBP receptor and ligands using generalized BAR method
  

  Scientists at Fujitsu Labs., working with collaborators at Stanford University, found that the parallel configuration of the BioServer™ enabled highly accurate binding energy calculations by generalized BAR (Bennett Acceptance Ratio) method to be completed in days, which would take a standard cluster configuration months to years to complete.

• Fujitsu enhances ADMET predictions using high throughput docking scores as descriptors
  
• Fujitsu models efflux lability of putative antibiotic scaffolds using high throughput method
  
• Fujitsu performs high throughput docking of the NCI screening set of compounds
  

  Docking studies have taken an increasingly important place in the workflow of structure based drug design (SBDD). Accurate docking of ligands into identified pockets adds a significant 3D descriptor to structure activity relationship (SAR)-based high throughput screening methods.

• Johnson & Johnson calculates binding affinities for Stromelysin-1 (MMP-3) inhibitors using method from Fujitsu
  
• Oregon Graduate Institute predicts environmental remediation rates of potential new agrochemicals using CAChe software
  
• Sealed Air Corporation saves the time and expense of pilot scale testing by using CAChe software
  

Security Solutions

• California's Placer County turns to Fujitsu for firewall consolidation, upgrades and ongoing support
  

  "The solution we bought from Fujitsu consolidates everything and they support it all. I don't need a separate agreement for the operating system,"says Jeff Tudor, Placer County Network Security Coordinator. "If there is a new software release for Check Point or the Nokia operating system, Fujitsu notifies us and they just go ahead and implement it. It's one more thing I don't have to worry about."

• DeVry secures 50+ campus locations with firewall product support and intrusion monitoring from Fujitsu
  

  "When we first launched ..concerns were raised about academic freedom and the use of firewalls, "says Rich Lermer, Director of Information Technology at DeVry. "But we were able to show ...that we could protect corporate resources on the inside without restricting access to information by authorized users."

Storage Management

• Ceryx primes for growth in email services with ETERNUS storage system from Fujitsu [PDF]
  

  With a more efficient SAN operating behind the scenes, Ceryx gains a more streamlined and cost-effective storage infrastructure for managing all of its clients and services – including its dedicated managed Exchange solution for the enterprise and hosted Exchange solution for smaller and mid-size clients.

• Hay Group selects ETERNUS4000 for company’s first-ever SAN [PDF]
  

  Deploying a Storage Area Network as part of a consolidation effort, the Hay Group relied on the Fujitsu ETERNUS4000 for its high availability, high-performance and scalability.

• The University of Delaware selects Fujitsu ETERNUS®4000 storage solution for mission critical backup services [PDF]
  

  At the heart of the University’s backup services is the Fujitsu ETERNUS4000 storage solution, which plays a key role in delivering the assurance that lost data—ranging from academic research to critical administrative data—can be quickly and easily recovered.

Systems & Network Management

• America West Airlines enlists Fujitsu to tackle server-related delays and cancellations [PDF]
  

  With greater reliability and support, Fujitsu's PRIMEPOWER servers and multi-vendor maintenance services helped America West achieve a 75% reduction in flight delays.

• Cellular South rings up success with PRIMEPOWER servers [PDF]
  

  Cellular South is one of the nation's largest privately held wireless companies. "As with any business, downtime is very costly, but with PRIMEPOWER servers, Cellular South is assured of the performance, reliability and availability we need to keep the data center up and running," says Tad Hamilton, Director of IT at Cellular South.

• Chicago’s largest independent food distributor migrates to Fujitsu PRIMEQUEST and PRIMERGY servers and ETERNUS storage [PDF]
  

  By migrating to the Fujitsu platform, Anthony Marano has gone from 95 percent system availability to 99.999 percent availability. The system mirror and partitioning capabilities of the PRIMEQUEST 540 server have delivered unprecedented reliability and redundancy, reducing costly downtime.

• Superior Court Stanislaus County System saves over $700,000 annually by migrating its legacy system
  

  The Superior Court Stanislaus County System sought a way to update its legacy Case Management system. Nine months into efforts to implement a Java-based solution, they halted the project because of scalability problems and soaring development costs. The Court adopted a strategy that included the use of Microsoft® Visual Studio® .NET and the Microsoft .NET Framework to migrate its legacy system off the mainframe. Working with Fujitsu Software Corporation's NetCOBOL for .NET (language add-in software for the .NET Framework), the new application required just two and a half months to build, test and implement.

• The First American Corporation primes for growth with help from Fujitsu PRIMEPOWER servers [PDF]
  

  The PRIMEPOWER servers help First American to more efficiently manage and scale its pool of computing resources. By relying on fewer but high performance PRIMEPOWER servers, the company can allocate resources based on customer demand, scale server resources as needed, and ensure redundancy between data centers in the event of a service disruption.

• Virginia State Police enhances law enforcement services using the latest server solutions from Fujitsu [PDF]
  

  Fujitsu has enabled the Virginia State Police to better scale processing power with user and application demands, add features without adding additional database software licenses, enjoy a significant improvement in transaction performance with enhanced system redundancy and security—both at its primary data center in Richmond, Virginia and a remote disaster recovery site.

Wireless Solutions

• Emory Orthopaedics & Spine Center enhances patient care with the deployment of Fujitsu Tablet PCs [PDF]
  

  "As in all businesses, the costs of running a medical practice continue to escalate. Every physician has to look constantly for opportunities to reduce costs. If you can find a way to reduce costs while simultaneously improving patient care and providing patient outcomes data, you have an amazingly powerful combination of benefits." – Dr. Scott Boden, Professor of Orthopaedic Surgery and Director of the Emory Orthopaedics & Spine Center

• Farmers Mutual Insurance of Nebraska increases productivity and accuracy of claims with Fujitsu Tablet PCs and Mobile Claims Solutions [PDF]
  

  While the roots of the company are over 100 years old, the technology infrastructure for their Claims Department is state-of-the-art thanks in part to the recent introduction of the Fujitsu LifeBook® T4000 Series Tablet PC and a mobile claims processing solution from Symbility Solutions.

• Fujitsu LifeBook Tablet PC plays critical role at new high-tech hospital [PDF]
  

  "The key goal of incorporating the Fujitsu tablet PCs was to have easy access to legible information. Gone are the days of illegible handwriting, difficult-to-read orders, and misplaced patient charts." – Tanya Townsend, IT Director, Saint Clare’s Hospital

• Fujitsu Pen Tablets are used in first North American "drive-through" insurance claims facility [PDF]
  

  Using Stylistic Tablet PCs, Proxim radios and Mitchell’s software, appraisers create repair estimates while standing with customers and inspecting damaged vehicles.

• Fujitsu PRIMEPOWER servers and Stylistic Tablet PCs provide a solid foundation for State Computing Innovation [PDF]
  

  The Commonwealth of Virginia selected the Fujitsu Stylistic ST4110 Tablet PC to allow field workers to access complex compliance and regulatory information and to collect data directly on site.

• Fujitsu Stylistic Tablet PCs critical to Saving Asia Children organization's mission [PDF]
  

  "It’s very light and designed great; it is small, easy to use, and reliable. The quality is beautiful." – Dr. William Wang, Director, Saving Asia Children

• Fujitsu Tablet PC keeps Thomson Learning sales force up-to-date [PDF]
  

  "Our new mobile CRM solution and electronic catalog, powered by the Fujitsu LifeBook® Tablet PC, has transformed the way our sales reps work. We have received tremendously positive feedback from the sales force as a result. In our latest survey of sales tools, sales reps indicated that the electronic catalog and Fujitsu LifeBook Tablet PC were their most valued sales tools." – Tom Orsi, Vice President of Marketing Information, Thomson Learning

• Fujitsu Tablet PCs provide National Distributing Company's sales team with point-of-service tool for order entry and CRM
  

  "The bottom line comes down to providing our salesforce with the tools they need to do their job better and faster, "explained Jay Davis, president and co-chief executive officer NDC. "With Fujitsu pen tablet PCs and our Web-enabled CRM application, they have immediate access to the information they need to provide the very best service to our valued customers."

• High school goes high tech: Fujitsu LifeBook Tablet PCs help students make the grade [PDF]
  

  The goal of DePaul Catholic High School was to give its students the technology skills they would need in college and in their careers. Three years after introducing the Fujitsu LifeBook notebooks, the school has not only helped its students become adept with computers, it has raised the bar on education.

• Provena Health’s home care agencies realize dramatic improvements in patient care with Fujitsu LifeBook notebooks [PDF]
  

  By enabling clinicians to gather information at the point of care, the patient information system and Fujitsu LifeBook P1500 Series notebooks have enabled Provena Home Care to improve the accuracy of patient and billing information.

• Shaw Industries increases sales process efficiency and reduces errors with Fujitsu Tablet PC
  

  "We use a lot of different brands of technology at Shaw and track failure rates. Failure rates with our existing Fujitsu tablets were the lowest of any vendor we have worked with. This experience translated into a clear benefit for Fujitsu when we were buying new systems because we already knew how good their equipment was and felt confident we would get similar quality with the Fujitsu LifeBook T4000 Tablet PC." - Steve Abernathy, Director, Marketing Technology, Shaw Industries, Inc.

• Small jet pioneer uses compact Notebook PCs from Fujitsu to extend flight management systems to the pilot's laptop-and beyond [PDF]
  

  Finding the right notebook PC to run its Avio Flight Bag software under sometimes harsh and crowded cockpit conditions took Eclipse Aviation Corporation more than two years. Reading bright sunlit computer screens and accessing large digital charts and maps in a timely way were particularly challenging.

• Technology makeover: CollaGenex Pharmaceuticals streamlines sales calls with Fujitsu LifeBook notebooks [PDF]
  

  CollaGenex sales representatives make professional presentations from virtually anywhere and account for drug samples with electronic forms. They spend less time on administrative tasks and more time meeting with doctors.

• The Hospice of the Florida Suncoast uses Fujitsu Tablet PCs to ensure patients receive the best possible care [PDF]
  

  "When I came to The Hospice two years ago, less than 50 percent of our documentation was done electronically. Now approximately 70 percent of our documentation is done on computers, thanks in part to the Fujitsu LifeBook Tablet PC." – Gay Madden, Vice President of Information Systems, The Hospice

• Trinity Health delivers high quality patient health care with Fujitsu LifeBook notebooks
  

  As the United States’ third largest Catholic health care system, Trinity Health headquartered in Novi, Michigan, invests in innovative technologies to deliver superior health care services across its 26 member organizations.