December 2004

10 Years Service rewarded by New Contract

An existing customer in the East Midlands has purchased a new system that will allow them to continue their successful Remittance Processing operation for the foreseeable future.

Taking advantage of the fact that cheque encoding is no longer a requirement for them, a new SCN6000 based system was installed in their Nottingham Offices during December with a view to running live in January 2005. The system will also include a page scanner to capture the images of larger documents.

The installation comes exactly 10 years after Cognitronics installed the original equipment. Our Support engineers have maintained the system throughout this time and it continues to process daily, although the Operating system in particular has become outdated and the hardware is less sophisticated than it's modern desktop equivalent.

The SCN6000 transport has a very much smaller footprint than most existing remittance processing equipment and when harnessed to the Cognitronics software, provides a powerful solution to almost all document processing requirements.

October 2004

System Relocated

A team of Cognitronics Engineers has successfully completed their part in the relocation of the Cash Office in Britain's biggest Mail Order Bookseller.

Two image-based Cognitronics 400 systems and associated Workstations were transported to a new facility over a weekend period to avoid upset and disruption. The Operation was carried out in conjunction with other suppliers who also had to move their equipment into a newly furnished building some four miles away.

The Manager overseeing the Operation was pleased to report that the relocation was carried out 'efficiently and effectively' allowing the Cash Office staff to commence normal operations at 7:30am on the Monday morning.

September 2004

Newspaper Group

A Northern based News Group has this month installed a Cognitronics Remittance Processing system based on the SCN 6000 Hardware platform with 'Cogniscan' Software. The system will process payments for advertising space which currently averages up to 1,500 transactions per day whilst also catering for monthly and seasonal peak workloads.

The system replaces outdated equipment that has been installed for approximately 8 years. The new system is much smaller, more flexible and offers greatly reduced costs in terms of maintenance and consumables at much higher speed.

August 2004

New Developments

Cognitronics Project Management has released a number of Developments that have been designed and produced to enhance the performance and flexibility of our products and solutions.

Hardware projects have been undertaken both in co-operation and independently of the manufacturer and driven by our Customers individual requirements.

The constant search for improved performance, more flexibility and greater accuracy has led to a number of software modules that can be incorporated into our System Solutions as and when required.

July 2004

Expansion of Maintenance and Repair Facility

A major International Third Party Maintenance Organisation has decided to streamline their own operation by placing previously outsourced repairs through Cognitronics Repair Centre.

The Repair Facility is a rapidly expanding area within Cognitronics and has been developed to cater for an additional volume of up to 5,000 repairs per annum. A dedicated team of trained engineers utilising specialised test equipment are following extensive QA procedures to ensure each unit is returned as a 'new' device and within the agreed SLA.

June 2004

Home Shopping

One of the countries leading home shopping organisations has confirmed orders for Cognitronics to replace their existing Remittance Processing system at their HQ in the North West. The new system will be based on the SCN 6000 hardware platform with 'Cogniscan' software.

With the organisation no longer required to encode cheques, the SCN 6000 was selected as the ideal replacement device to reduce space, increase throughput and offer increased flexibility to integrate with a revised network infrastructure.

Whilst the network infrastructure is still being implemented the Remittance Processing System is due to be installed early in 2005.

May 2004

Continued Business in Banking Sector

A major International Bank has confirmed orders for a further 1,200 devices for off-counter document processing. This brings the total number of units supplied by Cognitronics to major Banks to over 10,000. Approximately 25% of these devices are Image Enabled and are being used in conjunction with image based software directed at the Banking communities move toward truncation.

March 2004

SO Series wins Best of Show Award at AIIM

The SO Series received the coveted 'Best of Show' award at the 2004 AIIM Conference and Exposition in New York City. The award was given out by the editors of AIIM E-Doc magazine, and recognised the creative use of technology, business value, and return on investment in Enterprise Content Management Solutions. The SO Series was selected out of a number of other entries in the high-volume scanning category.

The best of show award recognises the Enterprise Content Management hardware and software technologies on exhibit at AIIM 2004 that demonstrate exceptional capabilities and quality, and show evidence of significant return on investment potential. A panel of 19 industry experts evaluated products from over 225 companies and presented awards in ten categories.

Publicly announced at the AIIM show, the SO Series not only offers the fastest throughput speeds of any scanner in it's class (up to 240 ppm). It is available at an incredibly low price. It is also the only scanner on the market to offer an upgrade path from image only capture to in-line OCR recognition.

January 2004

Voucher Processing Operation Automated

A London based Voucher Redemption Organisation has installed a Cognitronics 400 Series Scanner to automate the processing of their voucher operation that is prevalent in high streets throughout the UK and Ireland.

As with most applications of this type the organisation has major peak periods however the new system has the capacity to process documents at a speed in excess of 20,000 documents per hour. Previously the redemption exercise was a manual process but the high speed data and image capture technology of the new system provides the organisation with a far more streamlined operation incorporating accurate claim balancing and audit facilities.

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