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Forestar Group Inc. Reduces IT Support by 40% With Self-Service Document Output Management Tools

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Overview Forestar Group Inc. wanted to replace a legacy document system inherited from the parent company with a cost-effective, integrated solution that would support company growth and support the real estate business segment with document creation and distribution tools for a wide array of project planning and management activities related to the acquisition, entitlement, development, and sale of real estate. Forestar Group Inc. worked with Oracle Partner ERP Suites to implement Oracle Business Intelligence Publisher to provide user-friendly document output management tools that integrate with Oracle's JD Edwards EnterpriseOne Financial Management Suite and automated printing so that it is part of the workflow, enabling the real estate team to quickly produce key documents - such as subcontract purchase orders and expense reports.

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Publisher	Oracle	File Format	PDF
Date Published	August 2009
Format	Case Studies
Topics	ERP, Finance

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Applications
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customers,
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crm

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