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Putting real time, distributed data at management's fingertipsAfter a period of rapid growth and expansion, family-owned Germain Motor compay of Columbus, Ohio found that the hands-on management of their diverse entities was very time consuming. Shift proposed and implemented the "Access Germain" intranet system to efficiently communicate across the entire business. The system received praise for its interfacing capabilities with remote personal digital assistant devices that allow for real-time instant data exchange. Shift gained intimate knowledge of Germain's operations through interviews with senior management which provided insight on the ways collected data could be aggregated for analysis. The Sales Reporting and Marketing Plan modules proved to be invaluable. The modules save the Germain management team over 100 hours of effort per month - time that is now spent focusing on business growth. |



































