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| Case Studies |
- D. Lawton Associates — DAISy — The D. Lawton Associates Administrative System
D. Lawton Associates had been using two DOS Paradox-based applications and two spreadsheets for its
internal billing, cash receipts, vendor payments, payroll and general ledger. The growth of our consulting
and development business and the increased complexity of our projects led to an increased need for internal
systems to reduce the administrative overhead of running our business.
- Harvard University, Harvard Kennedy School — Budget System
Harvard Kennedy School (HKS)
was looking for a centralized, position control budget system to support a web-based submission and
approval process that communicated with the University’s data warehouse. HKS evaluated several off-the-shelf
budget systems, but were unable to find one that satisfied their needs. DLA provided a customized solution.
- Massachusetts Eye and Ear Infirmary — Corporate Data Warehouse
MEEI was
looking for a way to avoid manually entering data from multiple financial applications into an obsolete
DBase reporting package in order to generate and distribute monthly research reports. DLA assisted in
designing and implementing a data warehouse and reporting suite which allows all members of the research
community to produce on-demand reports as soon as project and financial data are available.
- MIT, Technology Licensing Office — Forrester — Intellectual Property System
MIT was looking for a new system to manage tracking, regulatory compliance, licensing, billing, profit
measurement, and royalty distribution for their extensive portfolio of patents, software, trademarks and
other intellectual property. They wanted to replace an aging Ingres database and two dozen supplementary
FileMaker databases with a single integrated application which would interface with MIT's accounting system,
MIT's data warehouse, and a patent prosecution system. DLA provided a customized solution.
- MPM Capital, LLC — Integration of Customer Relationship Management System
MPM Capital needed assistance in their IT department to fully integrate the Microsoft Customer Relationship
Management system with the many customized add-ins.
- Profile Inspection Services — Inspectors Program
Profile required a unique
application to track and manage property inspections, by allowing users to perform property inspections and submit
their data back to the office.
- State of New York, Office of the State Comptroller —Claims and Reporting Information System (CRIS)
The State of New York needed a new application to manage unclaimed property life, replacing an aging mainframe-based system.
From the moment abandoned property is reported to the State, through the moment a claimant is paid, the status and disposition
of the property needs to be reliably tracked.
- SIXNET LLC — Manufacturing Support System
SIXNET needed
a partner who they could trust to guide them through a critical time of growth. This ISO-9002 certified manufacturing
company needed to develop and implement an IT Strategy to support their growing business.
- SunSetter Products — Manufacturing, Distribution and Customer Management
SunSetter Products is a direct marketing
manufacturing company. Their dynamic business model required a custom enterprise application that is both robust and easy to
maintain due to their always updating marketing plan.
- Various Boston Area Hospitals — Financial Reporting
Hospitals
have a need for consistent and timely financial reporting in several dimensions that include reporting by provider and practice,
by project (life-to-date) and special purpose funds, and by any number of organizational levels. Reports need to be
understandable to non-financial users, many of whom are crucially interested because of the way that compensation plans are
set up.
- Various Industries — Billing
Billing systems are more likely to required customized development than just about another application in a company. This is
because billing is an "outward-facing" application that produces invoices and statements which are likely to be scrutinized
by customers. Also, in many cases, the underlying source transactions come from a variety of sources and are not present in
the accounting systems.
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