In this issue of Connections
- Meridian to Attend World of Concrete Tradeshow
- Deadline Reminder: 2007 Meridian User Conference Early Bird Registration
- Prolog Case Study:
North Shore Long Island Jewish Health System - Prolog Training
- The Basics of Troubleshooting - Part I
- Mixed Bag of Technology Aids Mixed-use Developers
- A New Frontier for Information Sharing
- Submit Your Company for a 2007 Constructech Vision Award
Corporate News
Customer News Product News
Product Tip
Industry News
Customer Prolog® Case Study: North Shore Long Island Jewish Health System
North Shore Long Island Jewish Health System (NSLIJ) is a multi-disciplinary healthcare system in New York serving 5.2 million people in Long Island, Queens and Staten Island. It is comprised of 15 hospitals (including three world-class tertiary hospitals as well as a nationally recognized children’s hospital and a psychiatric facility), hospice and home care services, a major medical research institute and other health-related facilities. With a $4B annual operating budget and more than 38,000 employees, NSLIJ is the third largest non-profit, secular healthcare system in the nation. It was the first health system to receive the Joint Commission on Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations (JCAHO) Codman Award, which is the only health care award that recognizes achievement in the use of process and outcomes measures to improve quality of care.
Check out this month's Customer News to read about how the third largest non-profit, secular healthcare system in the nation uses Prolog software to save more than $17M in construction costs over three years.
Corporate News
Meridian to Attend World of Concrete Tradeshow
January 22-26, 2007 at the Las Vegas Convention Center, Las Vegas, Nevada
Find all the products, resources and critical information you need to strengthen your operation. This is the commercial construction industry's first, largest and most important international annual event. Visit Meridian’s booth #S12346 and meet our industry partners: Hardhat Technologies, PCI Group, Intuitive Systems and MasterGraphics and learn more about Meridian solutions. For more information on the event, visit: www.worldofconcrete.com.
Deadline Reminder: 2007 Meridian Systems User Conference Early Bird Registration
Receive $200 off your full registration fee. Early registration ends, February 7, 2007
This year’s user conference is taking place in beautiful San Diego, California, April 24-26, 2007 at the Hyatt Regency La Jolla, the conference is expected to draw more than 350 Meridian customers, business partners, and staff for information exchange and professional networking. Register to attend and view our conference curriculum at the above link.
Customer News
Prolog Case Study: North Shore Long Island Jewish Health System
Third Largest Non-Profit, Secular Healthcare System in the Nation Uses Prolog Software to Save More than $17M in Construction Costs Over Three Years
The growing North Shore Long Island Jewish Health System (NSLIJ) had a problem: it didn’t have a systematic method of tracking costs and budgets for its facilities construction and upgrades. According to Bernie Dubin, the System’s Vice President of Project Management, each project manager had their own spreadsheets and the organization had no controls in place and zero visibility into its project portfolio. It was Dubin’s task to find a software system that would change this. Click here to download the complete case study.
Product News
Prolog Training
Interested in Prolog training classes? Be sure to check out the complete schedule of upcoming sessions taking place in a city near you. The following Prolog classes are being offered by Meridian Authorized Resellers:
- Introduction to Prolog Manager
- Advanced Prolog Manager
- Document Control & Field Management - Prolog Manager
- Crystal Reports - Prolog Manager
- Advanced Crystal Reports - Prolog Manager
- Cost Management - Prolog Manager
- Prolog Administrator - Prolog
- Purchasing - Prolog Manager
- Customization - Prolog Manager
- Introduction to Prolog WebSite
- Introduction to ProjectTalk
Click here to see the complete Prolog Training schedule!
Product Tip of the Month - Prolog
The Basics of Troubleshooting - Part I
By Steve Van Dyke, Meridian's Prolog Product Lead
Have you ever experienced performing daily tasks and suddenly something doesn’t work as expected or stopped working altogether? The following troubleshooting tip describes how to take effective steps necessary to identify the problem, narrow the scope, and resolve problems. The information provided is not intended as a solution, but instead used as a guidance map to identify the cause and present resolution.
This tech tip will be covered in two segments. This segment will cover defining the problem, gathering necessary information, and narrowing the scope while next month’s tip will conclude the series with troubleshooting and compiling a hypothesis to presenting steps of resolution.
Industry News
Mixed Bag of Technology Aids Mixed-use Developers
By John Egan, National Real Estate Investor, December 18, 2006
Change orders are a headache for any real estate developer. But when you’re a mixed-use developer, those headaches can become migraines because of the difficulty of keeping tabs of the various office, residential and retail contractors and subcontractors. One change order that slips through the cracks can add up to millions of lost dollars. Read more at the above link.
A New Frontier for Information Sharing
By Constructech Magazine, November 1, 2006
With standardization being driven across more levels within construction, contractors are sharing a bit of sage advice with others in the industry as they develop their own initiatives. There is a bold change occurring in the way construction companies operate these days. Individual projects are no longer considered singular in nature. Instead, the success/failure of each project now becomes a working knowledgebase for which a company can benchmark as it moves forward on to the next project. Read more at the above link.
Submit Your Company for a 2007 Constructech Vision Award
Companies receive recognition for applying modern technology and automation to their everyday businesses - submit your nomination now to save!
Constructech magazine is now accepting entries for the 2007 Constructech Vision Awards. Constructech is looking for the most innovative uses of technology and automated home technology by construction-related organizations in the United States. The winners will be honored during an awards ceremony and dinner to be held in August 2007. Follow the link for entry and deadline information.
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