Take a look at how organizations are using 4D to tackle great challenges. Read up on the most recent stories, or select one of seven categories below to choose from the many ways that people are putting 4D to work for them.
| Business and Corporate |
Embracing Modular Solutions
CHICK Workholding Solutions relies on 4D software to manage business operations. |
Cleaning House
SpringFresh Canada restores order with 4D. |
4D, Inc. Trusts 4D-based Solution
4th Quarter® Accounting integrates 4D in first fuly modular accounting system. |
Making the Optimal Decision
Optsee® offers enterprises insightful decision management. |
4D Keeps Union Strong
International Federation of Professional & Technical Engineers cares for its members. |
The Benefits of a Relational Database
Ridge Associates builds strong employee relations at Fortune 500 companies. |
4D Offers
a Simple Solution for Complex Demands
Citigroup's First Collateral Services relies on 4D to manage
$4.5 billion in assets. |
Business
Expands into the World Wide Web
Mark C. Pope Associates uses 4D to open its online shop. |
A Sound
Investment
AREA Real Estate Investors use 4D to capitalize on prime Washington,
D.C. properties. |
A Foundation
for Success
4D helps Greystone Valuation Group achieve its quality standards. |
Improving
International Relations
Premio & Prestige International relies on 4D for smooth
transactions. |
Planning
Functional Functions
Hachero Hill empowers its clients with 4D technology.
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Feeling
Secure with 4D
Who does companies like 3COM, Adobe Systems, Yahoo!, and Merill
Lynch turn to for Lobby security? |
Cleaner
Ordering with SOAP
See how printers who specialize in printing labels for the health
and beauty, pharmaceutical, food and beverage and many other industries
are improving overall business efficiencies, and saving time while
creating faster information processing. |
Building
Success with 4D
See what software helps Linbeck, a large national construction firm,
increase communication speed and accuracy and distinguish itself from
its competition. |
From
Push to Pull
See how three large manufacturing companies - Powell Electric Manufacturing
Co., Cutler-Hammer and Hill-Phoenix - increased their throughput capacity
while slashing inventory and lowering production costs! |
The Pro
for MSDS Management
Managing Material Safety Data Sheet (MSDS) data can be complex for
large companies like American Airlines, IBM Canada, and Tyco Electronics.
Find out what they're using to reduce MSDS and chemical inventory
management hassles and costs. |
4D
in the Meeting Room
Find out what software the U.S. Navy, John Hopkins University and
Deloitte Touche Tohmatsu use to enhance the collaboration process. |
A Team
Player
When Nummi wanted to develop a quality control system, who did they
turn to for help in the design? |
| Education and Community |
Leaving No Child Behind
Iowa schools use 4D to track student achievement. |
Keeping Alumni Connected
Networking Communications at the University of Wisconsin.
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Students On Alert
4D-based MapúaTxt© helps students of the Philippines' largest engineering school stay informed.
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Library Automation Made Easy
Find out how 4D-based L4U helps automate operations for thousands of libraries worldwide.
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4D Brings “Peace to the Church”
Churches across the nation are turning to 4D technology to better manage their affairs.
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GED Services Bank on 4D
Thanks to the GED, millions of people, including comedian Bill Cosby and actor Christian Slater, have earned their high school equivalency degree. So how do people at GED organize and keep track of the prospective questions to be used on the GED test?
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Fighting Dyslexia with Technology
Computer technology can benefit people with learning disabilities in many ways. Find out how the Lexia Institute is addressing these opportunities with LessonPlanner, a 4D-based application that is being used by teachers across the country to fight dyslexia.
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| Government and Infrastructure |
Managing to Fulfill Civic Duty
Philadelphia's Law Department represents the City using 4D technology. |
Orion… the Hunter
Investigators, armed with 4D-based Orion... the Hunter software, chase down terrorists.
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Flying with 4D
4D helps Coastal Helicopters and KNBC News keep their birds in the air.
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A Vote for 4D
See how the personnel and volunteers of the non-profit League of Women Voters of the Houston, TX area are able to save valuable time using the 4D Elected Officials database.
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Military “Her”story
Recording the histories of women in the US Armed Services.
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Managing Knowledge
Institutions like NASA, the Department of Energy and Columbia University, are turning great research into commercially viable products.
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Keeping the Flow
Find out what software water utilities across the U.S., including Chicago, Philadelphia and San Francisco, are using to help keep our water safe.
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| Media and Entertainment |
Resounding Success with 4D
Chace Productions restores the sound quality of MGM classics. |
Inside Showbiz
Qui fait Quoi keeps the entertainment industry up-to-speed with 4D technology. |
HBO’s Expansion in Latin America
4D technology is the backbone of 4C-TV.
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For Art's Sake
See how museums like the Frick Collection of New York track the objects in their collection.
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Managing the Elvis Legacy
What database software does Elvis Presley Enterprises, Inc. use to help manage the licensing of Elvis Presley’s image, likeness, and name?
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Tracking Ads with QuickTrac
How do newspapers like the Chicago Sun-Times, Montreal Gazette, and Calgary Herald successfully manage the complex task of creating and tracking the advertising they publish in a cross-platform environment?
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A New Star in Hollywood
Hollywood assistant director Ross Novie, is using 4D technology to develop a production software program that outperforms the longtime industry standard.
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Tracking Toons
See how legendary animation producer/directors Don Bluth and Gary Goldman used 4D to help keep Fox Animation Studios on schedule and on budget through the creation of such films as Anastasia, Bartok the Magnificent and Titan A.E.
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Sound Success with 4D
Pop stars Pink, Snoop Dogg, Britney Spears and Teddy Riley turn to Big Fish Audio for samples to use in their songs. See how Big Fish Audio used the power of 4D to shore up its bottom line—and create a new business venture to boot!
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Event Hosting, 4D Style
What software helped the American Film Institute increase their control over the logistics of managing the Life Achievement Award ceremony at a lower cost? Read about AFI and the 4D-based Event Management System.
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A Sunny Forecast for 4D
Weather Central successfully delivers the weather pages to the LA Times, Chicago Tribune and more than 200 other newspapers. See how they've been able to increase their customer base while keeping their production staff to its original nine members.
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Songs in The Key of 4D
See how 4D-based MasterWriter is transforming the art of songwriting for many tunesmiths, including Kenny Loggins and Clint Black.
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A Good Book for Publishers
Book publishing is a low-margin venture. See what software independent book publishers are using to improve their bottom line?
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Rockin' with 4D
See how 4D-based technology is helping to ensure the history of legendary rockers Aerosmith lives on.
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| Science and Medicine |
4D Reinforces Research Efforts
Heart & Stroke Foundation of Canada streamlines grant department operations. |
Successful Diagnosis
At Mayo Clinic the hematology lab generates over 30,000 individual test results per day! How do they manage the mounds of data and keep productivity high?
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Saving Hearts with Pronto
Find out how Pronto! helps the University of Rochester save more than $1,000,000 per year.
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Seeing Success with OPTIMEYES™
How do eye care professionals transfer their patient information from paper to electronic format quickly, easily and affordably?
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What's In The Freezer?
How do organizations like VaxGen and The American Museum of Natural History keep up with new standards while keeping software development costs down?
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Doctors Go Paperless
See how medical clinics are ending the messy paper chase – and saving time and money with 4D technology.
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Making a "Home Away From Home"
See what helps The Children's Inn at NIH, a private, non-profit residence for pediatric outpatients and their families at the National Institutes of Health, operate smoothly and efficiently.
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Making Chemotherapy Safer
See how David Baer, MD, Chief of Hematology/Oncology at Kaiser Permanente in Oakland, CA used 4D to create an electronic chemotherapy management system to help improve safety for chemotherapy patients.
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