Download Crystal Reports 2008 Case Studies

A friend recently asked me to recommend a good reporting tool for his organization’s MySQL database.

Knowing that he currently works for an MNC company who is willing to invest in software which can help them generate reliable data reports easily and effectively, I recommended for him to check out Crystal Reports.

Crystal Reports have been around for more than 10 years. I remember that when I first started work as a Coldfusion developer, we were already toying around with the application to generate reports.

My friend then asked if he could download Crystal Reports case studies because he anticipates that his boss usually likes to see how others have benefited from a particular software application before investing in it.

I did some Googling and below are some results of my findings:

Arts umbrella case study. (The summary is below)

Arts umbrella is an arts institute for children based in Canada.
Faced challenges in pulling out reports from a database used primarily by not-for-profits.
Key people from the organization attended Crystal Report training and together with the Business Objects team, built all kinds of reports.
Crystal Reports helped increase efficiency, made staffs more effective in work processes and provides customizable and reliable reports to the board.

Fortright case study

Fortright is an organization which provides dispute resolution solutions and process outsourcing its clients.
Faced challenges with a legacy reporting system which is costly and poorly integrated.
Chose crystalreports.com because of its ability to integrate with an existing web based CRM system, is cost effective and provides minimal business interruption.
Benefited from an estimated annual labor cost savings of over US$140k.

Government of Bermuda case study

Government of Bermuda’s Ministry of Finance faced challenges with outdated reporting solution which provides limited access to reports in Excel format only.
Chose Crystal Reports because it is able to provide to end users improved access to financial data.
With Crystal Reports, better quality data that improves reporting services to financial auditors can be served.

Sennheiser Electronic

Sennheiser Electronic is a company that offers comprehensive audio solutions.
Faced challenges in generating reports with data residing in multiple systems.
With Crystal Reports, reports are created automatically overnight and stored in file systems or emailed out to key users.

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The above four case studies should be sufficient for my friend to convince his boss that Crystal Reports might be a solution for all their reporting and dashboard needs.

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