With a graphical user interface IBIS will be easier to use, which will reduce training time and costs. It also will enhance the legacy system by creating a more modular program design. And it will provide the ability to integrate desktop applications and other data sources into new and existing functions. The net effect will be a better foundation for subsequent development and process re-engineering. Two new web Benefits applications were developed in cooperation with the OHR Information Systems Office.
New employees can now use the web to make their benefit decisions.
This year OHR will not send out the large packets of material they normally do prior to the open enrollment period in November. Instead they will send instructions for using a new web application. The system will send e-mail confirmations of all changes. The data warehouse now contains over 100,000,000 in sixteen databases. There are 725 individuals who have access to the warehouse and they average 388 logins per day.