Acorn Systems Profit Improvement Solution Selected by Sentara Enterprises
In Competitive Assessment Acorn Systems prevails over ALG, Lead Software and the incumbent SAS OROS System
Houston, December 6, 2005 - Acorn Systems today announced that Sentara Enterprises, the Durable Medical Equipment Distribution Group of Sentara Healthcare, the premier provider of hospital and healthcare services in Southeastern Virginia and northeastern North Carolina, has selected Acorn Systems Profit Analyzer Profit Improvement Solution.
Sentara conducted a competitive assessment of profit improvement solutions and found Acorn Systems to be superior to SAS OROS and other solutions on the market such as ALG and Lead Software in its automation, accuracy and scalability.
"Sentara Enterprises has chosen the Acorn Systems solution to replace its existing OROS solution," said Donald Jellig, Sentara Enterprises President. "The Acorn Systems solution was chosen after an evaluation of the competition and won based on its superior automation, scalability, ability to accurately simulate our business, and report on all dimensions of the business, and due to Acorn Systems' expertise in our industry."
"In the healthcare industry in general, and in the durable medical equipment distribution industry in particular, understanding how to accurately price goods and services to reflect the true cost to serve is crucial in order for providers to operate efficiently and profitably," said J. Alex Fernandez, COO, Acorn Systems. "Sentara continually seeks to optimize the quality and efficiency of the goods and services delivered to clients, customers and business partners and the greater automation and scalability Acorn Systems solutions provides is another step in this evolution."
Acorn Systems Profit Analyzer will enable Sentara to gain increased visibility into its cost, capacity and revenue drivers so the company can continually provide the highest customer service quality, reduce data processing and analysis time and operate in the most efficient manner.
About Acorn Systems
Acorn Systems provides continuous enterprise-wide visibility into business performance enabling profit improvement at a low total cost of ownership. Acorn Systems delivers a solution that is verifiably accurate, auditable and actionable. Acorn Systems' solution is flexible and dynamic and provides a sustainable, scalable platform for Corporate Performance Management. Acorn Systems' clients come from many industries in North America and Europe, including Financial Services, Retail, Consumer Product Goods, Manufacturing, Life Sciences and Distribution in the Metals, Foods, Electronics, Paper, Industrial, Office Products, Building Supplies, Pharmaceutical, Healthcare and Chemicals industries.
