Westmont, IL Sept. 16, 1998 Demonstrating its leadership in application data mart solutions, Silvon Software, Inc., announced today that several new AS/400 customers including Church Mutual Insurance and Pioneer Electronics of Canada, Inc., have selected its DataTracker enterprise-wide AS/400 application data mart (ADM) solution. These organizations join Silvon’s extensive list of customers in the manufacturing, distribution and retail sectors.
Offering both AS/400 and Windows NT-based enterprise-wide application data marts, Silvon’s DataTracker is a business intelligence system that provides extensive reporting and analysis capabilities to help managers make business decisions as effectively and timely as possible.
Church Mutual Insurance, a $250 million property & casualty insurance company, chose Silvon DataTracker to solve many business problems. Because the company may need to look at the "lifespan" of an accident, information needs to be retained and accessible for seven to 10 years. With many paper reports, multiple data platforms and historical data stored on tape, consolidating data into a spreadsheet-based reporting system was a tremendous time squanderer. Church Mutual selected Silvon DataTracker to centralize this data into one database, allowing the business to look at data in multiple views. For example, an actuary can look up data the year an accident occurred and then examine all the pertinent data for that claim time period, which could span several years. In addition, Silvon DataTracker will allow key Church Mutual employees to access premium and loss information in a real-time environment.
Pioneer Electronics of Canada, Inc., distributors of home and car consumer electronic products, chose Silvon DataTracker as a much needed sales analysis solution for their salesforce. Now, using Silvon DataTracker, 22 off-site sales representatives will have immediate, remote access to sales information, stock availability, customer credit limits and status of daily orders.
"Silvon DataTracker will enable Pioneer management to more effectively analyze sales trends and performance. At the same time, it will give the sales force the ability to determine whether an item is in stock and if it isn’t, how long it will take to get it, or if it has been discontinued," said John D'Silva, vice president of Information Systems, Pioneer Electronics of Canada, Inc. "This will be a great benefit when we’re calling on customers because we can offer alternatives if we know something won’t be on hand in the near future. It will help us save sales that could otherwise be lost and improve our the level of customer service."
Silvon Software is a global Application Data Mart (ADM) solutions provider headquartered in the western Chicago suburb of Westmont, Illinois. For the past 10 years Silvon has been delivering multi-platform business intelligence ADMs for the industrial supply chain segment, including manufacturing (discrete and process), wholesale/distribution and retail. Silvon has strategic alliances with industry leaders such as IBM, Microsoft, JDA Software, Acacia Technologies (div. Computer Associates), MAPICS, Marcam Corporation and Orcom Systems to deliver high performance, industry-specific application data marts that leverage core transaction system investments and increase ROI. The company’s DataTracker data mart suite is currently installed in more than 900 sites worldwide and supported by a network of OEMs, value-added resellers and independent distributors. More information about Silvon is available by calling 1-800-874-5866, or via the company's home page on the Internet at www.silvon.com.