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EADS Case Study eng

mhanus — Tue, 06 Nov 2007 16:56:44 +0100

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EADS achieves €5 million annual cost savings with KDS Corporate

mhanus — Mon, 15 Oct 2007 18:06:06 +0200

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When it looked for a way to reduce its travel expenses and to rationalize and unify its overall business travel processes EADS, the European Aeronautic Defense and Space Company, turned to KDS.

Objectives

As part of its enterprise-wide cost saving program EADS sought a travel management solution capable of taking into account its complex organizational structure and the varied of systems and processes of its operating units. Reliability and transparency were key priorities for its travel management department.

Solution

“We wanted a tool that would be easy to implement, need minimal resources, yield a fast return on investment and would greatly
simplify our day-to-day life,” says MichaelDoerr, EADS’s Director of Travel Management. “With KDS Corporate we found a solution that satisfied all these requirements.” Through KDS Corporate, EADS users are now able to make travel reservations from their office PCs, as well as check and change travel itineraries from remote locations. Accessing the KDS solution via the EADS TRAVEL.net Portal, employees can book their flights, hotels and car rentals 24 hours a day, from anywhere in the world.

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Webcast Boston Scientific May10, 2007

sberteloot — Fri, 11 May 2007 15:00:15 +0200

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Recording of the Webcast with Volker Spichal European Finance Director on May 10, 2007

Airbus completes international rollout of KDS travel solution

vgalibert@kds.com — Wed, 09 May 2007 17:00:09 +0200

09/05/2007

Busiest-ever KDS system delivers over 200 percent ROI

Paris, May 9, 2007 – Airbus, Europe’s leading passenger aircraft manufacturer, has completed its organisation-wide rollout of u.go, its KDS-powered travel reservation system, which in only 18 months has delivered a return on investment of more than 200 percent. u.go, which is now live in Spain as well as France, Germany and the UK, manages an average of 4,000 bookings per week for over 60,000 employees and subcontractors, making it the busiest-ever application of KDS’s on-demand travel technology.

Airbus selected KDS because of its ability to integrate the management of all European air and rail travel, including low-cost providers and Airbus’s own charter flights between major European centres. It also wanted a system able to deliver financial savings, improved policy compliance and which could be tailored to the individual requirements of all its European locations.

Since u.go’s launch in October 2005, Airbus has achieved significantly reduced average ticket prices. By highlighting ‘best buy’ travel options and potential missed savings, the system encourages users to make the optimum travel choice. As a result of ticket price savings and increased efficiencies, Airbus was able to fully recoup its investment in u.go within just six months.

The success of u.go reflects the high adoption rates achieved across the organisation. At launch, Airbus was targeting 60 percent adoption across all travel, but surpassed this within six months when adoption reached 70 percent. By April 2007, user adoption had reached 80 percent as a result of the emphasis that Airbus has placed on internal communications throughout the change process.

James Westgarth, travel technology manager at Airbus, said, “u.go has proved a great success for Airbus and, by providing the ideal technology platform, KDS has played an important part in this. Together, we have been able to deliver a system that gives a far more rational and efficient basis to our travel and has fully surpassed our initial goals. We are now targeting 90 percent user adoption across all travel and anticipate further important savings in the coming years.”

KDS announces the UK introduction of KDS Corporate V6.0 On-Demand Travel & Expense to Be Demonstrated at Seminar on November 10t

vgalibert@kds.com — Thu, 26 Oct 2006 19:11:48 +0200

26/10/2006

London, 26 October 2006 - KDS, European leader in on demand travel & expense, announced today the company will host a seminar to officially introduce in the UK KDS Corporate 6.0 -- previously code-named Magellan, the first designed end to end T&E solution.

The UK seminar follows on from KDS’ event held in Paris earlier in the month. More than 230 Business Travel professionals from 12 different countries, representing 113 companies, attended the launch event for KDS Corporate Version 6.

“The interest in on demand travel and expense is very high and can best be demonstrated by the number of attendees to our launch event for KDS Corporate V6. At the UK KDS seminar, corporates will gain a valuable insight into the significant benefits that can be derived from greater management control over the entire travel and expense management process,” said Yves Weisselberger, CEO of KDS. “At KDS, we are pleased to be leading the industry in end to end travel and expense by delivering a solution that is truly revolutionary.”

KDS Corporate V6 will be available in all markets starting from mid November. Developed on Microsoft .Net, KDS Corporate V6 has been certified by the Microsoft Technology Center.

The KDS UK Seminar will be held in London on November the 10th at the Novotel London Euston Hotel, starting at 10.00 am. To register, please contact Nick Blanks on +44 (0)1753 272 103 , via email at nblanks@kds.com or online at http://www.kds.com/eng/newsevents/

About KDS
KDS on demand travel & expense offers a completely integrated solution for travel and expense management, addressing essential needs ranging from travel policy definition and enforcement, to online travel self-booking, to automated travel expense processing and beyond. Every critical procedure can be completed through the KDS ASP offering, resulting in greater efficiencies and associated financial benefits. In addition, KDS offers the most extensive back-end connectivity to airline, car, rail and hotel providers in the industry, ensuring optimized pricing and up-to-the-minute inventory control. For more information, visit www.kds.com .