SAFR Open Source Rationale
The following slides were used with existing customers to explain the rationale for SAFR Open Source in April 2020
Historical Business
SAFR and A Smarter Planet for Financial Reporting: 2011
The following was written as part of a renewed sales initiative for SAFR, building upon the latest financial ledger projects. This write-up written for IBM sales efforts, was used as...
Global Universal Bank Case Study: 2010
The following presentation was Rick Roth’s last major presentation before retiring, one of the founders of Geneva. More about this time can be found in Balancing Act: A Practical Approach...
Financial Management Solution (FMS): 2009
The following presentation was built after a major successful project using Geneva/SAFR at a large, international bank, moving from tooling to a fully formed business configuration system. Additional details about...
Digineer Solution Blueprint: 2002
The following are two solution blueprints by an additional attempted start-up to license Geneva. In this instance, the platform was to be ported to the Intel Itanium processor, putting a...
Airline Mines Data for Lost Revenue: 2000
An R&D statistical study at a Fortune 100 airline suggested that millions of dollars each month were being lost due to lost revenue. The cause of the lost revenue ranged...
Global Investment Bank Analyzes Trade Level Detail: 1999
[An investment bank arm], a division of [a major Swiss bank], chose Geneva ERS to manage its Detail Repository, a central component of the Global General Ledger SAP implementation. This...
Financial Services Company Projects: 1998
The following citation, in summary at the top, with more detail below, are for a large financial service firm. More about this time can be read in Balancing Act: A...
Global Hi-Tech Manufacturer Manages SAP Data: 1997
After this Fortune 100 firm implemented multiple SAP modules, they tackled the problem of analyzing all the integrated data captured by the new system. But running the SAP processes 24...
SAP High-Volume Operational Reporting/Data Warehousing: 1996
Summary of Sizing Concepts and Architectural Alternatives Richard K. Roth September 15, 1996 [More about this time can be read in Balancing Act: A Practical Approach to Business Event Based...
Cookie Maker Builds Sales Reporting System: 1996
The Problem In 1996 a major US cookie manufacturer installed SAP to manage all aspects of the manufacturing, HR and financial operations. The system captured data and provided adequate information...
State of Alaska Benefits from Data Warehouse High-Performance Solution: 1996
The following brochure described the Geneva Solution for the State of Alaska. The origins of Geneva started in the early 1980’s with a custom developed financial system for Alaska. In...
Platform Assignment Principles for Decision Support Systems and Data Warehouses: 1996
by Richard K. Roth, Principal, Price Waterhouse LLP Eric L. Denna, Ph.D., Warnick/Deloitte & Touche Faculty Fellow, Brigham Young University, Marriott School of Management This is reprinted from the February...
A Summary of Event-Driven System Concepts: 1995
by Richard K. Roth, Principal, Price Waterhouse LLP Eric L. Denna, Warnick/Deloitte & Touche Faculty Fellow, Brigham Young University, Marriott School of Management [More about this time can be read...
Original GenevaERS Flyer: 1994
The following was the first GenevaERS brochure, produced perhaps near the end of 1994. More about this time can be read in Balancing Act: A Practical Approach to Business Event...
