NEWS
SITA provides
key systems
to support
smooth opening
of Israel’s
new airport
Market Harborough Building
Society announces MHR
Analytics partnership
IBM Planning Analytics
Cloud helps to underpin and
improve complex tasks
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ITA, the global IT provider to the air
transport industry, played a key role in
supporting the smooth opening of Ramon
Airport, Israel’s newest airport, which began
operations early this year. SITA provided
key communications systems as well as
the airport’s common-use check-in and
boarding gates.
All SITA’s systems were tested and put
into full operation months ahead of the
scheduled opening, ensuring that it was
all systems go for the official opening in
January 2019.
SITA’s communication service will allow the
airport, airlines and other stakeholders to
quickly and effectively exchange operational
information. This includes the exchange
of baggage information through SITA’s
BagMessage system, vital information that
gives both the airport and airlines a clear
view of where every bag is on its journey.
Many of the airport’s operational systems
will also be linked to Ben Gurion Airport,
Israel’s main airport hub in Tel Aviv and will
be instrumental in keeping the two airport
campuses connected. SITA’s common-use
systems include an array of fixed check-in
and boarding points as well as self-service
check-in kiosks and boarding gates,
supporting a faster passenger flow through
the airport from day one.
Amnon Cohen, Head of Maintenance
Division at Israel Airports Authority, said:
“Robust technology is an important element
contributing to the smooth operations
of any airport and therefore we needed
a partner we could rely on when opening
Ramon Airport. SITA has long been our
partner at Ben Gurion Airport and we have
now extended that relationship to Ramon
Airport. The company’s reliability, together
with its dynamic product portfolio, meant
we could depend on it to provide a solution
that will serve the new airport for many
years to come.”
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INTELLIGENTCIO
M arket Harborough Building
Society (MHBS) has announced
a partnership that will see its manual
spreadsheet reporting replaced by
cutting-edge software. “Mandatory compliance procedures can
dominate workloads and against an
unpredictable economic backdrop, there
has never been a better time to invest in
analytics software in our industry.
The society, which has held an
established customer base for almost
150 years, will partner with data
analytics and financial performance
management provider, MHR Analytics,
to streamline core processes and add
value to its services. “These solutions eliminate potential for
error and support the reporting of key
metrics like liquidity which are critical
in financial services and are typically
complicated and time consuming to
manage in spreadsheets. We will be
able to track mortgage approvals and
understand performance versus targeting
of products like savings accounts and new
mortgage pipeline.
IBM Planning Analytics Cloud will
underpin the organisation’s complex
month-end reporting, while managing
increased compliance obligations.
A keen planning analytics advocate,
MHBS’s new Financial Director, Nick
Fielden, wanted the society to benefit
from the advantages he had experienced
in previous roles: “Planning analytics
is the best way to dramatically reduce
admin time, allowing skilled finance
professionals to focus on more strategic
activities that will provide better value to
our 29,000 savings members and 3,000
mortgage members,” Fielden said.
“To keep IT costs down where possible,
we have moved to a cloud-first policy,
making the IBM Planning Analytics cloud
solution ideal.”
Nick Felton, MHR Analytics SVP, said:
“Planning Analytics Cloud is the perfect
solution for Market Harborough
Building Society and will empower the
organisation to continue doing what it
does best and remain a trusted provider
of mortgages, savings and insurance to
its local customer base.”
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