Innovez One

Enterprise Reporting Database

david — Tue, 22 Sep 2009 07:30:00 +0000

ENTERPRISE Reporting Database (ERD) displays timetable data in a practical easy-to-read format. If preferred, the user can use other reporting tools such as SQL Server and Oracle to prepare personal reports. By doing so, the user leverages on in-house experience to his or her advantage.

Data is kept current independently.
Snapshots can be stored for reference later.
Automatic housekeeping, a key feature, is integral with the software.

The ERD is updated on a timed basis by the Reporting Database Generator. You don’t need to think about updating the reporting view when changes are made to the timetable; that happens automatically so that reports are always against the latest data.

When a user wishes to do a series of reports against data current at a particular time, the snapshot is reserved so that all the reports generated will be based on a consistent set of data.

Housekeeping functions maintain an up-to-date view and remove redundant snapshots automatically so that manual maintenance of the ERD is kept low.

This press release is published by Innovez One to keep its clients and prospective customers abreast of its current system products and solutions. Products and solutions that make a difference to its clientele’s business edge.

About Innovez One

Innovez One is a product-based systems consultancy registered in Singapore. The company provides business solution packages comprising software products for niche markets in Education, Marine, Jewelry and Healthcare. Innovez One aims to streamline, automate and boost business performance for clients in those key sectors. Its clientele includes government-linked corporations and small and medium-sized enterprises in Singapore, Malaysia and in the United States of America.

Combined schedules quicken search for common free time

Derek Yeo — Sat, 12 Sep 2009 16:54:51 +0000

SCIENTIA Enterprise allows several overlaid timetables, stacked one on top of the other, to establish common free space for any given resource or group of resources. This system edge proves its advantage when a user arranges for instance, a meeting among four staff members.

Examining each member’s timetable separately for common space is difficult. The overall picture is clearer when the members’ timetables are overlaid.

For this purpose, Enterprise Timetabler supports timetable combinations for any number of resources. An additional option allows removal or change of activity for the selected period. The activity to which the resource is allocated is not critical; what is important is the time, the specific resource is available.

This product update is published by Innovez One, Scientia’s partner, in this series of Enterprise Timetabler system updates. Updates that make a difference to its clientele’s business edge.

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Workload planner frees teaching staff for other roles

Derek Yeo — Sat, 12 Sep 2009 16:45:54 +0000

UNIVERSITY academic staff, busy people as they are, carry out other duties beside their primary role of teaching. In this respect, Enterprise Staff Workload Planner (ESWP) provides total visibility of each staff’s duties and responsibilities. It helps an authorised user to assign tasks fairly.

The application’s key features worth noting are:

The user defines staff scope of tasks and other responsibilities.
The software classifies information by period and type for efficient feedback.
An authorisation feature controls permission over data editing

An authorised user can adjust the scope of tasks and allowances necessary to define a staff’s specific duties. Adjustments may be additional to the set timetable. For instance, a lecturer needs time to set examination questions. On the contrary, adjustments may be related to changes in a planned activity, such as a larger attendance at a lecture or one which is re-scheduled outside working hours.

Allowances may translate into a set duration for the specific workload based on the number of students. Take for example, an allowance fixed for marking exam scripts: x minutes per student. A duration can also be derived from an allowance determined by the timing of an activity for instance, weekend lectures accrue an additional 50% of the actual time taken to teach.

In addition, the user can view specific periods such as semester 1 or 2, or statistical analysis of a particular week either in a summary or identified block.

During staff assignments to scheduled activities, the user applies constraints in order for ESWP to highlight any scheduling problem caused by an assignment or allocation.

This product update is published by Innovez One, Scientia’s partner, in this series of Enterprise Timetabler system updates. Updates that make a difference to its clientele’s business edge.

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Course planner customizes programme to meet student’s needs

Derek Yeo — Sat, 12 Sep 2009 16:29:58 +0000

ENTERPRISE Course Planner (ECP) offers the user an application to design and produce dynamic Programmes of Study jointly with relevant Modules.

Key features of the application worth highlighting include:

ECP is Web-located, so that people familiar with Programme structures can access it easily.
ECP allows the user to plan accurately the number of activities needed to meet an estimated demand.
ECP monitors actual demand based on real-time data; simultaneously, it reflects discrepancies.

A typical study programme comprises mixed compulsory and optional topics complete with regulations advising students on what forms a proper choice. Lately, student choices have risen with a resultant increase in valid permutations which must be rendered clash-proof.

Often, more programme flexibility for students does not come with an adequate supply of resources to fulfil the varied programmes. So the scheduler often finds a clash-free timetable challenging to ensure teaching delivery. That is, teaching delivery without hindrances such as needless repetition of activities and inefficient deployment of resources.

ECP is capable to meet such a challenge. It helps the scheduler with forward planning using whatever information (estimated or confirmed) is available from a record database. As the situation unfolds, the system responds swiftly in real-time to changing demands as more information updates are received.

This product update is published by Innovez One, Scientia’s partner, in this series of Enterprise Timetabler system updates. Updates that make a difference to its clientele’s business edge.

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Student Allocator optimizes course management

Derek Yeo — Wed, 09 Sep 2009 14:43:51 +0000

ENTERPRISE Student Allocator (ESA), a key application of the Timetabler system, manages each student’s academic programme. ESA does this by careful selection and packaging of specific tutorials, modules and other aspects for the student. Essentially, the software helps to:

Show updated real-time information reports.
Avert scheduling foul-ups and travel complications.
Eases better attendance supervision and retention.
Keep quality academic and teaching standards.
Boost the satisfaction of faculty’s staff and students.
Promote self-service to lower administrative costs.
Issue school’s endorsement of students’ selection of courses.
Maintain value-added information in student records.

ESA comprises the following components:

Student component: It enables the student, via a browser, to choose modules, tutorials or other aspects. Students can switch study aspects or activities, all of which are validated in terms of student choice and course capacity.
Student Advisor component: This allows authorised staff (e.g. lecturers and tutors) to effect or endorse choices, via a browser interface, for any particular student. Furthermore, it has the power to waive course regulations to fit special student situations.
Subject Area Manager (SAM) component: It plots academic course profiles. As it is flexible, it can highlight the school’s aware and delivery regulations. SAM’s graphical interface displays on-screen the profiles being plotted.
Staff component: This permits school staff to shift and allocate groups of participants among lectures, tutorials or other activities. It has a filtering function that caters for abnormal student allocation. For instance, it can group students on similar courses together for optimum time-saving and resource deployment. An audit trail is kept for tracing.

This product update is published by Innovez One, Scientia’s partner, in this series of Enterprise Timetabler system updates. Updates that make a difference to its clientele’s business edge.

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Report Manager software screens information access

Derek Yeo — Wed, 09 Sep 2009 14:10:04 +0000

ENTERPRISE Report Manager (ERM) , a software application that controls information access, features the following key advantages:

Activates via role grouping in Enterprise Authorisation Manager
Clearances issued by report and verified against data received

Daily, the timetable information of any school of higher learning receives thousands of access enquiries. The ERM organizes such “hits” into roles such as Student, Academic Staff, Department Head, and so on.

Individual roles are programmed to read only reports specified and allowed by the ERM. For instance, students cannot access staff timetables but staff themselves can. Likewise, academic staff cannot read staff cost reports but department heads can.

The authorised user can also set permission at data level. This is done so that a department head for instance, can only see reports of his own department’s staff.

This product update is published by Innovez One, Scientia’s partner, in this series of Enterprise Timetabler system updates. Updates that make a difference to its clientele’s business edge.

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Tan Heng Lee Co applauds latest jewelry software

david — Thu, 06 Aug 2009 09:10:56 +0000

Tan Heng Lee Co Pte Ltd (THL) is a Singapore-based wholesaler of jewelry and diamonds. In its feedback, the management has provided the following case study.

Innovez One’s team has recently revamped the modules found in the Enterprise Jewelry Software. The new-look software sports 30% more features compared to its previous version. THL is especially pleased with the Advanced Search capability.

The flexible search engine proves to be an indispensable tool. The time taken to retrieve inventory records – by matching more than ten different criteria or simply by entering a single keyword – is slashed drastically in comparison with the old method. Retrieval of records from among thousands of products in the system, using the new software, not only saves time. It removes the old chore of gathering records as well.

The Innovez One team has also worked closely with the jeweller veteran in defining other new features for incorporation into the latest version of the jewelery software. Packed with Intranet- and Internet-enabled capabilities, it is probably the best jewellery software system in the market.

This case study is published by Innovez One in this series of case studies on the RFID-enabled Enterprise Jewelry Software. Case studies that make a difference to its clientele’s business edge.

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EAM software runs Enterprise’s nerve centre

Derek Yeo — Sun, 26 Jul 2009 04:28:09 +0000

ASSIGNMENT of permission to users and roles to access Enterprise applications falls under the purview of the Enterprise Authorisation Manager (EAM).

EAM, the brain of the Enterprise suite, comprises these main features:

Roles simplify management.
Fine-grained control.
Integration with authenticating system.

Authorising many Enterprise software users through a “role” system instead of individual authorisations has its advantages. For instance a user, operating in the role of “Department Room Booker”, wishes to book a room. The user can opt to book a room from his or her own department or one from other departments. Such an option, however, is not open to users who are individually authorised.

As the AEM role is based on the premise of “My Department”, so all venue bookers can assume the same role. The only safeguard necessary is for the department represented by them to verify their permissions.

If necessary, EAM enables scheduling of peculiar-purpose situations. It does this by defining sub-divided permissions. Instances of such permissions are:

Users authorised to re-arrange only the tutorial activities of certain Modules.
Users permited to assign only venues of a particular department and only those of a specific type.

In EAM, user passwords are integral with the school’s current authentication system. Therefore, users just have to remember a pair of User Name and Password to lock on. Once verified, EAM establishes what Enterprise applications the user is permitted to use and their permissions. The authentication system contains information on users and their role or roles.

This product update is published by Innovez One, Scientia’s partner, in this series of Enterprise Timetabler system updates. Updates that make a difference to its clientele’s business edge.

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Grid Report Designer offers multiple timetable layouts

Derek Yeo — Fri, 17 Jul 2009 02:54:01 +0000

ENTERPRISE suite’s Grid Report Designer (GRD) displays institution timetables in special grid style layouts. A typical timetable’s presentation can be, for instance, times by days or vice versa.

Notable features integrated in this software comprises:

Customized headers, footers and cells contents.
Text format defined by users.
Graphics display option.
Preview of WYSIWYG* print copy via PDF output.

A typical report includes headers and footers for each report, object and page. Each header carries graphics such as the school’s logo, motto, etc; and text entries and ERD data.

The layout incorporates flexibility so that details of each timetable activity can be defined by the user. For instance, a definition can be:

in the number of rows of information shown, and
showing selected items of ERD data at justified points on the left, centre or right.

The designer can choose to format the text of each data item. Ample leeway is given to make colour, size and style changes; or to opt for:

alignment and wrapping
inclusion of graphics.
background shading of cells and label boxes.

*WYSIWYG: What you See Is What You Get

This product update is published by Innovez One, Scientia’s partner, in this series of Enterprise Timetabler system updates. Updates that make a difference to its clientele’s business edge.

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Venue booking without frills

Derek Yeo — Thu, 16 Jul 2009 05:24:56 +0000

SCIENTIA Enterprise has a self-served application for ad-hoc room bookings at institutions. This application enables users to:

Request or make room bookings.
Preview existing bookings.
Cancel bookings.

Authorisation will determine if a user is cleared to book a particular venue right away or if he or she can only submit a request, to be endorsed by another authorised user. A user may be allowed to book directly certain venues while permitted only to request for others.

Therefore, any ad-hoc booking can be made by a user on his own. Users make firmed or requested Web bookings on a configurable form containing all required information. Drastically, this reduces the overall process time. The system responds with automated email acknowledgement on receiving a request, confirming or cancelling a booking.

The system can be customized to emailing multiple addressees (main and carbon copies) for a single notification.

Web venue booking offers a fair system by directing all requests and bookings to a single source where they are processed in the queue in which they are received. Users swiftly adapt to the user-friendly interface and enjoy a fast and responsive service.

Users can check their current bookings and requests or cancel any that are no longer needed. Thus, available space is freed and returned to the venue stock instead of staying booked but unused.

This product update is published by Innovez One, Scientia’s partner, in this series of Enterprise Timetabler system updates. Updates that make a difference to its clientele’s business edge.

About Innovez One