B. Braun Transforms its Operations from Paper to Digital with OpenText Enterprise Information Management

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Oct 28, 2014, 09:00 ET

Medical Equipment and Services Provider uses OpenText EIM to Improve Operational Excellence and Increase Efficiency

WATERLOO, Ontario, Oct. 28, 2014 /PRNewswire/ -- OpenText™ (NASDAQ: OTEX, TSX: OTC), a global leader in Enterprise Information Management (EIM), today announced that international medical equipment and services provider B. Braun Melsungen AG (B. Braun) has implemented OpenText's leading EIM solutions to create a centralized digital repository. Using OpenText Content Suite, the company has easily digitized its HR processes to improve operational excellence and increase efficiency.

Traditionally, B. Braun has stored and managed its employee information using paper documents and multiple systems. However, with 49,889 employees, paper records were challenging and expensive to access, archive and manage. In order to maximize the potential and value of employee-data, B. Braun implemented OpenText's Enterprise Content Management (ECM) solution. With seamless integration between OpenText and B.Braun Intranet, B. Braun employees have personalized secure web-based access to company documents.

"The move to OpenText's digital document management solution transformed our paper-based records and employee information systems into one centralized digital system," said Karl-Heinz Loew, CIO at B. Braun. "Now, through the system's rights-enabled access, we are able to easily create and manage employee documents. Each of the departments across the company such as HR, R&D, manufacturing, distribution, sales, marketing, legal, finance, procurement and IT now have direct access to the information they need."

Using OpenText, teams and individuals are able to easily connect with other employees with the specific skills, knowledge and insight they seek to significantly improve the knowledge transfer among employees. By establishing document audit trails and accurate archiving OpenText helps B. Braun to demonstrate its compliance with national and international government requirements and industry regulations.

"The proven scalability and efficiency of OpenText's EIM solutions have enabled us to significantly improve information governance while reducing operating costs," said Loew. "Our growing relationship with OpenText leads us toward a complete digital transformation that will allow us to maximize the value of employee information, unleashing the power of sharing employee skills and knowledge – in a managed and secure way."

OpenText Content Suite is designed to reduce risk and mitigate the cost of growing volumes of content in the enterprise. Content Suite is part of OpenText's EIM strategy, which enables organizations to discover and manage information to spur growth and innovation across their organization, increasing time to competitive advantage. Consisting of five comprehensive and integrated product suites, OpenText's EIM strategy delivers a unified developer platform, engaging and consistent user experience and deep integration across suites to enable comprehensive information flows across the extended enterprise.

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About OpenText
OpenText is the leader in Enterprise Information Management, helping customers to create a Digital-First World by simplifying, transforming, and accelerating their information needs. Over 100,000 customers already use OpenText solutions, either on premises or in our cloud. For more information about OpenText (NASDAQ: OTEX; TSX: OTC), please visit: www.opentext.com.

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