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Hansen Signs Strategic Alliance with Agresso
to Offer Browser-Based ‘One-Stop’ Government
ERP Solution
Represents New Entrant in Government ERP Market
Delivering High Value Applications, Integrated With
Financials
Contact
Juli Rose
P: (916)
921-0883, ext. 3511
E: juli.rose@hansen.com
Rancho Cordova, CA, February 06,
2006 - Hansen Information Technologies (Hansen®)
today announced a strategic alliance with Agresso
Americas, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Unit 4 Agresso
N.V., to offer a 100% browser-based ‘one-stop’ Government
ERP solution. In response to demands for a government-focused
ERP solution, Hansen Financials combines Europe’s
leading government financial solution, with Hansen’s
world class revenue, operations, and asset valuation
applications, to deliver an enterprise-level solution
utilizing a service-oriented architecture (SOA) that
is 100% browser-based.
“Hansen is changing the standard of what governments
expect from an enterprise software provider,” said
Chuck Hansen, Hansen’s Chairman and CEO. “By
integrating citizen-centric financial transactions
to support the asset-intensive nature of government,
we are filling a void for customers that want a single
source for all of their industry-specific enterprise
applications. Our dramatic increase in new customer
orders is proof that our products are unrivaled,
our industry knowledge is deep, and our model is
working.”
“This agreement is another important step
in a series of premium-level alliances and commitments
that Unit 4 Agresso is making in the North American
market,” states Chris Ouwinga, Chief Executive
Officer of Unit 4 Agresso. “Our partnership
delivers a new level of management tool to help government
officials balance their budgets. More and more world
class governments are increasingly looking to the
Finance Department to help deliver key information
to greatly enhance citizen service delivery and help
elected officials make better decisions. Our respective
track records working with some of the world’s
leading governments ensures us that we will help
our customer realize their vision for safeguarding
their constituents and growing their oftentimes diverse
communities.”
Hansen Financials include Core Financials, Fixed
Assets, Budgeting, GIS, Procurement, Human Resources,
Payroll, Project, Grant Tracking, Work Orders, Job
Costing, and Business Intelligence modules along
with system-wide workflow, reporting and performance
metrics. A key differentiator of Hansen Financials is tied to its deep understanding of government business
processes gained from over 20 years of experience
in delivering mission critical revenue accounting,
activity-based costing, and asset valuation solutions
to leading state and local governments.
Highlights of Hansen Financials,
powered by Agresso, include:
| Core Financial |
Complete general ledger and financial transactions
that deliver key business information |
| Billing |
One-stop 360° view of a citizen's enterprise-wide
accounts receivable, including monthly usage
of water, sewer, garbage, permits, licensing,
property taxes, fines & fees, and other special
assessments |
| Budgeting |
Flexible input by all organizations and automated
budget checks to prevent overspending |
| Building Permits |
#1 Ranked supplier of building permits, based
on competitive selections and user benchmarks |
| Business Intelligence |
Advanced Performance Metrics, and Management
Scorecards that model real world government activities |
| CRM |
#1 Ranked supplier of local government CRM,
vertical linkage between call center and enterprise
operations |
| Fixed Assets |
#1 Ranked component-based asset valuation solution,
based on number of municipal assets identified
and managed, as well as condition-based assessment
and monitoring in accordance with the Modified
Approach to GASB 34 |
| GIS |
Seamless integration to popular GIS |
| Human Resource and Payroll |
Complete organizational planning and management
plus self service automation and integrated document
archiving |
| Licensing |
Total management from initiation through expiration
for all types of licenses |
| Property Tax |
Management for a wide complex array of ad valorem
taxes and special assessments that make up a
county or city's tax roll |
| Procurement |
Web-based component enabling the end-to-end
internal and external procurement process |
| Project Management |
#1 Ranked position in 'Project Portfolio Management'
in Europe (Gartner, 2004) |
| Reporting |
Features the country's leading CAFR reporting
tool for state and local government |
| Web Portal |
Self service eGovernment for constituents,
businesses, and service firms |
| Workflow Management |
Sophisticated workflow engine that provides
tailored business rules and processes |
“Many state and local governments continue to seek technology solutions
that can help increase productivity and improve management reporting,” states
Mark Watts, President of Hansen. “By starting with solutions that are already
developed specifically for government, customers can spend more time performance
tuning their operations, rather than struggling to meet complex demands of their
end users, and never getting it quite right.”
Future plans call for the introduction of Hansen Financials in Australia,
New Zealand, and Canada, with cross licensing opportunities planned for the
UK, Scandinavian and the mainland European markets.
To download complete specifications for Hansen Financials, please visit http://www.hansen.com/erp/specifications/.
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