by Timothy Brook
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A bunch of new EMEA-based customer success stories have just been posted on Adobe.com.
Quick summary:
Bundessortenamt -
Innovative German government agency uses Adobe LiveCycle solutions to streamline completion, submission, and processing of registration forms for new plant varieties.
The Bundessortenamt (BSA) is an independent senior federal authority under the supervision of the German Federal Ministry of Food, Agriculture, and Consumer Protection. It is responsible for the granting of plant breeders’ rights, which protect new varieties of plants as intellectual property, as well as managing the National Listing of new plant varieties.
all request forms were filled out by hand, which took about an hour per form, and then signed and mailed to the agency. Upon arrival, they were manually processed, audited, and archived. Once fully rolled-out, the new system will replace the paper-based process. BSA have now implemented an Adobe LiveCycle based solution saving 840 data entry hours annually and reduced data entry errors by more than 95%!
ÖBB-Infrastruktur Bau AG -
Using Adobe LiveCycle solutions, hundreds of contractors, engineers, and architects share live railway infrastructure designs reducing costs, mistakes, and product overrun.
The Österreichische Bundesbahn (ÖBB) is the federal authority responsible for all aspects of the state-owned National Railway in Austria. Within ÖBB, the ÖBB-Infrastruktur Bau AG (ÖBB-IB) is responsible for all under-the-wheels construction, including all related structures, such as bridges, stations, and platforms. OBB-IB controls a budget of €1,400 million per year!
Until 2005 ÖBB-IB handled all construction plans manually. A physical plan, which can be as large as 11 meters in length, could be copied 15 to 80 times during a project for review and editing by engineers, architects, and project managers. A team of three to five staff managed the collecting, consolidating, copying, packaging, and dispatching to all relevant parties—equating to one full-time person per year.ÖBB have now implemented a PDF workflow, utilizing Adobe Reader and
LiveCycle Reader Extensions, in order to "digitize" the process.
The Department of Trade and Industry -
Using Adobe LiveCycle solutions, hundreds of contractors, engineers, and architects share live railway infrastructure designs reducing costs, mistakes, and product overrun.
The Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) is the UK Government department responsible for trade, business, employees, consumers, science, and energy.
To enhance productivity, the DTI implemented an electronic forms workflow built around Adobe LiveCycle software. The solution improves operations and efficiencies in Human Resources (HR) and other forms-based processes.
Ministry of Justice of the Generalitat de Catalunya – Using Adobe LiveCycle solutions to streamline the process of capturing data from the citizen
To simplify managing the large volume of paper received by the Ministry of Justice they have recently implemented a solution that uses forms in PDF in combination Adobe LiveCycle Reader Extensions and Barcoded Forms. Citizens with free Adobe Reader software can complete the form offline, automatically capturing data into a built-in barcode. As data is entered into the Adobe PDF form fields, the barcode instantly captures it. Citizens can print, sign, and return the completed forms to the Ministry, where staff can instantly capture form data by scanning the barcode, eliminating the need to rekey information into systems.
DAKOSY AG – Leading solution provider to ports and shipping professionals uses Adobe LiveCycle solution to improve and accelerate document workflows.
Historically, the port logistics and shipping industry has relied on error-prone, inefficient paper processes to manage its complex administrative process. However, increasing pressures from rising shipping volumes, expanding globalization, and more government and international regulation on importers and exporters are forcing the industry to find smarter ways of working. DAKOSY’s eDoc solution, based on LiveCycle software, provides PDFs that exactly simulate paper-based documentation; built-in business logic in document workflows, including support for electronic signatures, automated time restrictions and reminders, different permission levels, and automatic 2D barcode generation; and support for industry standards, such as XML, streamline the exchange of data to and from databases.