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Cast & Crew Selects Unify NXJ to Automate Production Cost Service for Major Movie Studios
SACRAMENTO, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Aug. 30, 2004--
Unify NXJ Platform Enables Cast & Crew to Streamline
Production Hot Cost Calculations By Offering Studio Accountants
Critical Data Via the Web in Real-Time
Cast & Crew Entertainment Services, Inc. announced today it will develop a newly automated and web accessible platform to calculate daily payroll costs (known in the industry as "hot costs") for film and television production companies using Unify NXJ from Unify Corporation (OTCBB:UNFY). Cast & Crew, an entertainment payroll services company, will now be able to offer its customers, many of Hollywood's major movie studios, more customized services with a real-time view to cost data anytime and anywhere.
"The entertainment industry is extremely cost driven and nomadic," said Sadhu Nadesan, CIO of Cast & Crew, based in Burbank, Calif. "We wanted to offer our customers the instant access to key daily cost data needed by studio accountants, as well as automate several internal manual processes, all of which would give us a leg up on our competition. Unify NXJ allowed us to leverage our current IT investments to keep costs down, while providing an easy-to-use software platform that kept our internal IT resources productive."
Unify NXJ is an application platform for automating business processes and delivering actionable information. It enables organizations to effectively automate processes within and between organizations, consolidate multiple legacy systems into unified applications, and provides advanced collaborative information systems for employees, suppliers, partners and customers. Cast & Crew's new system incorporates some of NXJ's unique features including forms processing, reporting and an easy-to-use portal.
According to Nadesan, Cast & Crew needed a system that could rapidly deliver a one-of-a-kind application that was standards-based, "people-intensive" and interfaced with their current operating system and various company databases. "Hours to Gross is our first Unify NXJ project, but we don't intend to stop there," said Nadesan, "Unify NXJ will allow us to add more services and provide customers with 24x7 access to their data, all on a secure platform. The key is that studio executives need up-to-the-minute information for improved decision making. With this next-generation application, Cast & Crew can continue to upstage competitors with superior services and responsiveness to its clients."
About Cast & Crew
Cast & Crew is a leading provider of payroll services to the entertainment industry. Through offices in Burbank, New York City, Miami, Toronto and Vancouver, Cast & Crew provides payroll services to the Motion Picture, Television and Commercial Industries and offers its comprehensive PSL family of production accounting software. Cast & Crew's client list includes major motion picture studios and television production companies.
About Unify
Unify Corporation provides software solutions for connecting people, information and business. Leveraging 24 years of software innovation to more than 2,000 customers and 300 ISV partners worldwide, Unify solutions enable organizations to automate business processes and deliver actionable information in highly collaborative applications. Focused on mid-size to large companies with urgent "need it yesterday" requirements for solutions, Unify's customers include Cast & Crew Entertainment, Inc., Credit Lyonnais, Citigroup Inc., Documentum, Fox Racing, GE Healthcare, GlaxoSmithKline, Heineken, PCN, Pioneer Natural Resources, Pioneer Electronics and TravelCenters of America. Founded in 1980, Unify is headquartered in Sacramento, Calif. with offices in the U.K., France and Australia, in addition to a worldwide network of distributors. Visit Unify at www.unify.com.
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