Veterans Affairs Canada

Analyzes Data With ACL

By Steve Force

Government agencies, like private organizations, are searching for ways to cut costs, streamline the delivery of IS services and empower end users. The Department of Veterans Affairs for Canada (VAC), with 3700 employees and a budget of $1.8 billion (Canadian), is in the final stages of an initiative that has put new power in the hands of end users, allowing them to retrieve and analyze data without requiring time-consuming IS intervention. The results have been gratifying: reduced costs, improved service levels and more timely and effective decision-making.

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Enterprise Systems Journal article

VM at BMW

By Stephen Force

The Bayerische Motorwerke (In english, Bavarian Motor Works), known by the acronym BMW is a major German automobile and motorcycle manufacturer. Best known for its automobiles and motorcycles, BMW has excelled in many other areas. During Work War I, the famous Baron von Richthofen’s airplane was powered by a BMW engine. Indeed, the immediately recognizable BMW emblem depicts, in the proud Bavarian colors of blue and white, an airplane propeller surrounded by the Letters

“B M W.”

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Veterans Affairs Canada Analyzes

Data with ACL

By Steve Force

Government agencies, like private organizations, are searching for ways to cut costs, streamline the delivery of IS services and empower end users. The Department of Veterans Affairs for Canada (VAC), with 3700 employees and a budget of $1.8 billion (Canadian), is in the final stages of an initiative that has put new power in the hands of end users, allowing them to retrieve and analyze data without requiring time-consuming IS intervention. The results have been gratifying: reduced costs, improved service levels and more timely and effective decision-making.

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