FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center Chooses Skire Unifier to
Integrate Capital Project Finance and Delivery Infrastructure
Solution to Simplify Tracking Multiple Funding Sources and State Reporting
MENLO PARK, CA, November 27, 2007 –Skire, Inc. (www.skire.com), the leading provider of capital program, integrated workplace, and project portfolio management software, today announced that Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center (MSKCC), one of the nation’s leading cancer centers, has chosen Unifier™ to manage capital projects in its Design and Construction Department. MSKCC will use Unifier for integrating its project finance and delivery infrastructures to improve project budget, contract, and invoice tracking. The agreement further strengthens Skire’s presence in healthcare, where growing demands on healthcare providers are requiring institutions to expand, upgrade, or build new facilities.
Skire Unifier will replace a proprietary system that MSKCC had outgrown, as well as add critical new functionality that enables the institution to easily track multiple projects and funding sources. Unifier will also greatly simplify MSKCC’s ability to meet the New York State Department of Health’s Certificate of Need (CON) reporting and management requirements.
“We selected Unifier for its superb configurability, as well as for its comprehensive functionality,” said George Mejias, director of MSKCC’s Design and Construction Department. “The solution is easy to map to our unique workflow processes, such as our invoice barcode tracking application. Unifier will allow us to quickly automate critical business processes and accelerate productivity for all of our users.”
MSKCC expects to integrate Unifier with the institution’s finance, contract administration, and administration collaboration applications to gain greater control over budget and cost tracking. Approximately 100 staff members will use the solution, and eventually it will expand to provide access to project data for external partners such as architects and contractors.
“Healthcare organizations increasingly must manage and account for large, complex capital project budgets and programs,” said Sateez Kadivar, Skire’s vice president of operations. “We are delighted that Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center has chosen Unifier, and look forward to working closely with its team as we move towards implementation.”
Skire Unifier is a powerful business process automation platform for managing programs, projects, resources, and assets. The platform centralizes comprehensive management capabilities and makes them available to everyone who needs them through a standard Web browser. With robust cost management and project controls capabilities, Skire’s Unifier delivers the best combination of pre-defined workflows, best practices, ease-of-use, and adaptability.
About Skire
Skire, Inc. (http://www.skire.com) is the leading provider of capital program, facility lifecycle, and project portfolio management software. Since 1988, we have been providing end-to-end solutions for hundreds of organizations, including market-leading Fortune 500 companies and leading government agencies from across the country. Skire's Unifier and uDesigner products are now the premier suite of enterprise applications utilized in the execution of large-scale projects and programs. Skire helps organizations of all sizes increase productivity, enhance visibility, and accelerate schedules.
Unifier and uDesigner are the industry's only owner-centric solutions designed by a seasoned product development team with decades of experience in complex facility design, construction and operations. Skire brings this deep domain expertise to deliver technologies tailored to industries such as chemicals, commercial construction, consumer goods, education, oil and gas, government, pharmaceutical, power and utilities, pulp and paper, semiconductor, and more. Our products and services are truly unique in the marketplace because we provide unparalleled flexibility, robust capabilities, and a thorough understanding of your industry.
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