公司规模
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地区
- America
国家
- United States
产品
- GoMembers AMS
技术栈
- Microsoft Access
实施规模
- Enterprise-wide Deployment
影响指标
- Digital Expertise
- Productivity Improvements
技术
- 应用基础设施与中间件 - 数据库管理和存储
适用行业
- 公用事业
用例
- 远程资产管理
服务
- 系统集成
关于客户
印第安纳州农村供水联盟是一个非营利性会员协会,由 700 多名供水和废水系统及相关专业人士组成。它是印第安纳州全国农村供水协会的唯一代表,也是美国最大的公用事业协会,拥有超过 26,696 名会员。该协会总部位于印第安纳州富兰克林。该组织的收入为 100 亿欧元,拥有 10 名员工。
挑战
印第安纳州农村水资源联盟在会员信息管理方面面临挑战。他们的会员信息分散在多个数据库中。会员联系信息和事件跟踪位于两个不同的地方,这使得很难监控最活跃的会员。该组织使用的是自制的基于 Microsoft Access 的数据库,只能在办公室访问。这带来了巨大的挑战,因为它限制了数据的可访问性,并且难以有效地管理和跟踪会员活动。
解决方案
为了应对这一挑战,该组织选择将其数据库整合到 GoMembers OnDemand 协会管理系统中。该公司使用 Connect Module 将其当前的 Web 解决方案中的在线注册直接自动化到数据库。该解决方案提供了一个可以远程访问的集中式数据库,从而提高了会员信息的可访问性。将在线注册自动化到数据库使跟踪会员活动变得容易,并且消除了耗时的手动数据输入的需要。
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