by Guest » Mon Dec 17, 2007 05:46 pm
Background:
My long ago background (1980 ..1987) was in Insurance/Financial Services. From there I gravitated to a niche business--> Employee Benefit Communications. Most of our work is actually done in concert with Insurance benefit brokers/consultants for and with their customers (businesses). Very difficult to collaborate due to complexities of benefits, data, forms, visual style, etc
The Project:
We spent 5 years developing an easy to use system where benefits consultants + their customers + the 'geeks' (us) can work together -- and see each other work -- to fulfill projects with about 10% of the effort of the traditional approach ++ be able to reuse 'the work'.
A Demo
This link will take you to a demo of a 'piece' of the puzzle, that being the design of the docs delivered to the employees. The other pieces can also be done directly from the web (see home page). Thought someone may have interest -- and although I am officially 'a geek' now, my 'heart' still lies in your profession.
I'd post the link, but apparently I am not allowed to do so. Oh well, tis a shame.
My long ago background (1980 ..1987) was in Insurance/Financial Services. From there I gravitated to a niche business--> Employee Benefit Communications. Most of our work is actually done in concert with Insurance benefit brokers/consultants for and with their customers (businesses). Very difficult to collaborate due to complexities of benefits, data, forms, visual style, etc
The Project:
We spent 5 years developing an easy to use system where benefits consultants + their customers + the 'geeks' (us) can work together -- and see each other work -- to fulfill projects with about 10% of the effort of the traditional approach ++ be able to reuse 'the work'.
A Demo
This link will take you to a demo of a 'piece' of the puzzle, that being the design of the docs delivered to the employees. The other pieces can also be done directly from the web (see home page). Thought someone may have interest -- and although I am officially 'a geek' now, my 'heart' still lies in your profession.
I'd post the link, but apparently I am not allowed to do so. Oh well, tis a shame.
Posted: Mon Dec 17, 2007 05:52 pm Post Subject: followup
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Posted: Tue Dec 18, 2007 09:50 am Post Subject:
Hi Yeah, the demo is definitely good!
But now we need to wait for the experts to come n see it from their perspective. What do you guys think!
Posted: Tue Dec 18, 2007 09:54 am Post Subject:
Don't you feel 5 years is a pretty long time for any project to be concluded keeping with today's dynamic world ?
The outcome of a 5-years project has to be good in terms of the current market & it has to be as process that is cost effective.
Marcen
Posted: Tue Dec 18, 2007 10:17 am Post Subject:
5 years is a long time... but I can be very persistent :-)
Even after 5 years, it is still way ahead of the market. Adobe is struggling to implement something similar ...
Posted: Thu Dec 20, 2007 05:09 am Post Subject: Tons of these out there...
Everyone and their brother has a web-site-in-a-box software package. Yahoo has the most obvious and cost effective one, and they range all the way to similar products like Hyper Sites.
Sorry, but you are about 10 years late to this game.
Posted: Thu Dec 20, 2007 11:38 am Post Subject: My, My
Please show me the specific app on Yahoo that allows you to
1)create several tables
2) Appropriately join the tables ... let's say a rate table , usually with a compound key of age and gender, along with other personl info.
3) Now -- using the same app, make a datasource. Its easy on Yahoo. I know because you told me so.
4) Now, using vector tools and fonts with typeseting ability. -- set up a form for Group Enrollment of a Life Product. Make sure the company logo apppears.
5) Merge --once again on Yahoo -- all of the query data into the form. Now spool a pdf for me, would you? Do it on Yahoo... like you always do.
6) Now -- understand that I want someone else to print this via pdf. Set it up on Yahoo so that they can come into the acct -- but I don't want them to be able to view any of the objects in the acct. They have a full set of Role based Actions so that you can set up Roles. I know they do. You told me.
7) Oh nuts. I forgot..;. go back into that Yahoo acct and set up personalized 3 d pie charts for me, OK? I'll want that on some of the supporting materials.
All on Yahoo? 10 years late? Give me a break.
Looks like this site is populated by Trolls and will be my last post here.
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