Dallas Baptist University Realizes 500% Productivity Gain in Reporting and Analysis
College turns to business intelligence software from Rapid Insight Inc to streamline reporting processes
Conway, NH - January 27, 2011 - Dallas Baptist University has been committed to pursuing solutions that deliver efficiencies and improvements in both their academic support services and academic areas for years. Founded in 1898, Dallas Baptist University is a comprehensive, Christ-centered university dedicated to producing servant leaders through the integration of faith and learning. This commitment has moved DBU into the forefront of Christian higher education and driven the college's enrollment to 5,470 students at its main campus in the southwest Dallas foothills and three regional academic centers in Collin and Tarrant Counties.
When Dr. Beverly Giltner, Director of Institutional Research, was considering new technologies to increase reporting and analysis efficiencies, she turned to her Assistant Director Chela Miller to take a look at software from Rapid Insight Inc. "After attending the webinar presentation on Rapid Insight Veera, I was quite hopeful, but needed to take a closer look," offered Miller. Beginning with the free trial and working with Rapid Insight support, Mrs. Miller was able to determine that Veera was going to enable them to replace their current use of other products that were more cumbersome and complex. "I needed to be sure that I could duplicate my current work before I was comfortable recommending the purchase," she added.
What Mrs. Miller did not anticipate was the extreme time savings she would experience in the process of becoming a committed Veera user. In fact, the savings were so large that she was asked by her Provost to present her findings at an institution-wide meeting designed for institutional effectiveness. Chela Miller reported that when she conducted the preparation process for the semester's student surveys, she was experiencing a 586 percent time savings over her previous process.
Since that time, Mrs. Miller has continued to experience the benefits of Veera in all of her reporting efforts. "Now even requests for special reports or ad hoc inquiries are quickly created, and I can easily make changes to the report requests without spending a lot of time," shares Miller. "It has really changed the way I work", she added.
A Case Study has been written to document Dallas Baptist's increases in reporting efficiencies. The study can be accessed at http://www.rapidinsightinc.com/case_studies
About Rapid Insight Inc.
Rapid Insight Inc. is a leading provider of business intelligence and automated predictive analytics software. With a focus on ease of use and efficiency, Rapid Insight products enable users to turn their raw data into actionable information. The company's analytic software simplifies the extraction and analysis of data, enabling clients ranging from small businesses to Fortune 500 companies to fully utilize their information for data-driven decision making. Founded in 2002 in Conway, New Hampshire, Rapid Insight is a privately held company with clients and partners across the nation.
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