The publishing and distribution methodology within DART is a streamlined
process that, like the overall design of DART, takes full advantage of the
web-based GUI. Reports can be viewed on any terminal connected and authorized
on the network, and DART provides an environment where the design and distribution
of reports is engineered in the way that an organization works. This is also a
tremendous benefit for lean IT staff to focus resources on business critical
application and user support areas relating to the core business architecture
that supports transaction processing.
Once published, an edition will remain saved on the system for as long as it
has been configured to do so. This means that a report may be re-used and re-distributed
as time goes on. Most systems will reuse many of the same reports over and over, and DART
can be configured to automatically release a report on periodic cycles (eg: a quarterly
report that automatically gets distributed every 3 months). This minimizes the amount of
human interaction needed and creates a more automated system, again freeing scarce
company resources.
If a report needs to be created and distributed quickly, as often happens
within the always changing environment of manufacturing, DART's design methodology
for change allows reports to be created dynamically and on-the-fly. This
facilitates the company's ability to react quickly to information, keeping the
left hand informed of what the right hand is doing.
DART's methodology provides a Web-based technology
platform that is also used for the viewing of
reports; again, no extra software needs to be
installed on client workstations. Even a machine
that has just been installed with an "
out
of the box" copy of windows, assigned to
the network will be able to view reports, with no need to
install additional software.
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