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Associations 19 success stories
 Membership Profile Database AAA
Information Concepts developed a Member Profile Database (MPD) for the American Automobile Association (AAA) that represents over 4 milion members in 10 states and processes an average of 40,000 transactions daily. The system obtains member sales and service transaction information from each of the AAA business lines and enteres the data into a central database on a regular basis. In addition Information Concepts developed software to support sales analysis, membership research, and marketing efforts across business lines. |
| Data Warehousing Membership Systems Associations |
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Computer Aided Dispatch AAA
Information Concepts developed a Computer Aided Dispatch (CAD) system for the American Automobile Association (AAA) which supports 10 communication centers nationwide and processes as many as 1,200 calls per hour. Considered a public safety system, CAD receives emergency calls from members, spots them to service territories, and dispatches road service vehicles. To enhance productivity and reduce response time, CAD was developed with features including automatic spotting of addresses to location grids on a map and digital dispatching of road service vehicles via in-truck terminals. |
| Claims Processing Associations |
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Tourbook Generation AAA
Information Concepts developed the application that manages items, advertisements, and page layout instructions for the AAA Tourbook. The system links the page number for advertisements to the specific property or restaurant item and generates the ready-to-print pages. |
| Publication Management Associations SQL Server |
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 Credit Application ACE
Information Concepts developed an internal application for the American Council of Education (ACE) Credit and Transcript Services. Phase 1 of the application consisted of a data conversion, development of shared functionality, and development of the internal application. Utilizing stored procedures, Information Concepts transferred the data from several disparate sources, including a 4D database, a Fox Pro database; excel spreadsheets and word files to an SQLServer database. The internal application consists of 4 parts – organization, reviewer, participant, and reports. Additional functionality to the system includes Speed-E Express and a Java applet that is used during the review process.
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| Distance Learning Associations SQL Server |
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 PRF Grants Tracking System ACS
Information Concepts ported the Petroleum Research Fund (PRF) Grants Tracking system from a 68030-based NCR Tower to a Sun SparcStation, for the American Chemical Society (ACD). The system, which consists of various UNIX utilities, C and troff programs, and a Unify relational DBMS, is used to gather and track grant proposals and grants, disburse grants, and generate formatted correspondence. Information Concepts was responsible for debugging the final system, implementing Y2K remediation of date comparisons, and developing a pre-processor to ensure that generated correspondence is in a format consistent with versions of tbl and troff running under Solaris. |
| Grant Management Associations |
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Catalog Content Management ACS
Information Concepts upgraded the Catalog Content Management system used by the American Chemical Society (ACS). The application enables the organization to index and track information, such as topic and author, about articles that appear in journals published by the ACS. The system is also used to prepare an annual catalog of journal index information. |
| Document Management Associations |
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Certification Management ACS
Information Concepts designed and implemented a Certification Management system for the American Chemical Society (ACS). The Web-based application allows the ACS to collect, manage, and prepare reports on information related to colleges and universities that meet the requirements for ACS educational certification. Schools applying for ACS certification can also use the system to prepare and securely submit application materials online.
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| Associations Case Management |
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Solar Survey System ACS
Information Concepts designed and developed Solar, an online membership survey system, for the American Chemical Society (ACS). Solar includes a Web-based survey application that collects detailed information from ACS members. The survey questions, which vary by ACS membership area, are dynamic and database-driven. Solar also includes an application that compiles the input from all surveys for use in ACS annual reports. |
| Membership Systems Survey Systems Associations |
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 Membership and Grants Query ASM
Information Concepts developed the Membership and Grants Query application for the American Society of Microbiology. This is a program that allows users to query on any combination of four fields in the ASM Membership and Grants database from an Access form. The records resulting from the query are viewed in a separate form that utilizes the counter arrows to view each record in turn or to call up the datasheet to view all records at once. |
| Grant Management Associations |
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 Grant Use Application Fannie Mae Foundation
Information Concepts developed Fannie Mae’s web-based grant management application. The system allows Fannie Mae Foundation staff to send reports detailing the use of financial grants. Users can return to the site several times to work on their reports before submitting a final version to the Fannie Mae Foundation. |
| Grant Management Associations SQL Server |
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 Proctor Test Administration System FINRA
Information Concepts developed, maintained, and upgraded Proctor, the online test administration system used by the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA). Proctor enables the FINRA to use nationwide third-party testing centers to administer over 2,000 individualized certification exams to brokers each day.
The system consists of three components: Client Organization, which is responsible for test authoring and score reporting; Pro, which is responsible for browser-based appointment scheduling and test delivery; and Pencil and Paper, which is responsible for providing testing materials to locations without computer access. |
| Distance Learning Associations Financial Services .Net Web Services XML |
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 Census Goodwill Industries
Information Concepts was contracted by Goodwill Industries to create a web-based extranet survey application to collect Census information from Goodwill offices throughout the country. The application contains two different surveys each consisting of a series of questions. Application security is handled using NT authentication. |
| Survey Systems Associations SQL Server |
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 Engine Turbine Database INGAA
Interstate Natural Gas Association of America (INGAA) - Information Concepts is developing the Engine Turbine Database, a database that tracks and monitors corresponding internal combustion engines. This database will allow INGAA staff to understand the impact that new regulations will have on existing equipment, and provide business intelligence on the shared percentage impact or cost that federal and state regulations have one the industry. |
| Associations Management Reporting |
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 System Planning Nature Conservancy
Information Concepts assisted The Nature Conservancy in planning for the reengineering of its grants management and accounting systems. The effort involved a search for software products to improve efficiency and eliminate paperwork, the development of a strategy to integrate existing systems into the new financial systems, and the development of a project plan for the implementation process. |
| Grant Management Associations |
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 Time and Attendance Timesheet System NEA
Information Concepts developed Time and Attendance, the Web-based timesheet system used by the National Education Association (NEA). The system enables NEA employees and contractors to enter their timesheet information into the payroll system and enables payroll employees to perform administrative functions associated with timekeeping. |
| Associations Oracle |
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 Rating System NFRC
Information Concepts developed the Rating System application for the National Fenestration Rating Council. NFRC certifies windows and doors based on calculated energy efficiency values. Eliminating manual entry, the database uses SQL Server to house current relevant data, as well as historical data and new data fields necessary to automate the rating process. The system also is used to generate the pages for its annual published ratings guide. |
| Publication Management Associations SQL Server |
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 e-RESAP NRECA
For the National Rural Electric Cooperative Association (NRECA), Information Concepts developed e-RESAP, an application designed to assist NRECA in substantially reducing the cost of Workers Compensation and Liability Insurance for its member Utilities. This assessment system allowed NRECA staff to provide a framework for member Utilities to collect and compile documents necessary to demonstrate insurance company mandated programs and assess their impact on safety and accident reduction. This application reduced these costs by 60% and provided payback within one year. |
| Claims Processing Associations Financial Services Case Management |
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 Publication OSA
Information Concepts developed Publication, a Web-based application designed to manage the production of journals and publications, for the Optical Society of America (OSA). The system allows users to track manuscripts through peer review, patent review, editing, and selection. It is also used to automatically determine the content of each journal issue, as well as to automate most production tasks. The system interfaces with OSA’s membership application and its financial systems. |
| Publication Management Associations |
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 Blanket Licensing Agreement System RIAA
Information Concepts was responsible for the development of the Blanket Licensing Agreement System (BLA) for the Recording Industry Association of America. BLA is used to track pending digital royalties for its members. It then pays out those royalties at a specific given level based on data accumulated from various digital sources. |
| Business Intelligence Rights Management Associations JAVA J2EE |
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