A3 Solutions Customers

A3 products are being used by some of the world's largest companies to address their most complex and mission critical Corporate Performance Management processes. Here are some customer highlights (by industry) with brief notes on how each has put A3 to innovative use in automating mission critical spreadsheet-based performance management processes.

Telecommunications

Cox Communications: $7B US cable operator www.cox.com. Using A3 for integrated, driver-based budgeting and management reporting, including detailed employee salary and benefits

Insight Communications (ICCI): $1B regional cable operator www.insight-com.com. Using A3 for integrated enterprise compensation, revenue, expense, and driver-based allocations

Verizon (VZ): $70B Telecommunications provider www.verizon.com. Using A3 for integration of diversified revenue models. Product and geographical profitability forecasts. Enterprise budgeting with compensation modeling

Airlines

Air Canada (ACE-RV.TO): $8B Canadian Airline www.aircanada.com

American Airlines (AMR): $20B US Airline www.aa.com. Using A3 for expense budgeting with management and executive reporting, as well as detailed regional labor allocations and analysis

American Eagle: Regional commuter airline wholly owned by AMR Corporationwww.aa.com. Using A3 for enterprise planning based on detailed compensation and capital, general revenue and expense allocation models

Retail

Safeway (SWY): $37B Food and drug retailer www.safeway.com. Using A3 to integrate store, departmental and regional forecasts

Williams-Sonoma (WSM): $3B Specialty Retailer www.williamssonoma.com. Using A3 for retail planning that integrates corporate and operational forecasts, spanning compensation, capital, revenue and expense

IT & Professional Services

Affiliated Computer Systems: A Xerox Company, ACS is a $5B IT Services company www.acs-inc.com. Using A3 for automating existing spreadsheet models to enable enterprise-wide, driver-based budgeting and allocations

Maximus (MMS): $700M Government Services & Training www.maximus.com. Using A3 for project planning for labor, direct costs, and revenue, and business unit planning for financial statement accounts (GL)

Financial Services

FSTQ (FTQ): $5.5B (assets) Canadian retirement fund www.fondsftq.com. Using A3 for complex modeling and allocations for retirement funds observing foreign tax and compensation rules

Sun Life Financial (SLF): $17B Wealth accumulation and protectionwww.sunlife.com. Using A3 for Integrated enterprise planning.

T.RowePrice (TROW): $1.5B Mutual funds and advisory www.trowe.com. Using A3 for integration of complex models for budgeting and revenue forecasts of financial services and mutual funds operation

Pharmaceuticals

Johnson & Johnson (JNJ): $50B Pharmaceutical and Healthcare www.jj.com. Using A3 for complex R&D project modeling that integrates human resource allocations with operational models for capital projects and manufacturing

Manufacturing & Distribution

Honda Manufacturing of Alabama: Division of American Honda Motor Co. www.honda.com Using A3 for the complex product and cost planning processes automated for improved efficiency and analysis of product cost

Toyota: Division of Toyota Motor Corporation www.toyota.com. Using A3 for complex capital asset planning processes automated for improved efficiency and analysis

Avon (AVP): $8B Global manufacturer and marketer of beauty productswww.avon.com. Using A3 for automation of operational models for retail planning and market campaign planning and analysis

Hospitality & Restaurants

The Borgata: Luxury Gaming & Hospitality, property of Boyd Gaming Corporation (BYD) www.theborgata.com

McDonald's of Canada (MCD): Division of McDonalds Corporation, a $20B global restaurant operator www.mcdonalds.com

Utilities

Newfoundland Hydro: $500M Canadian utility company; a Crown Corporation (government owned) www.nlh.nf.ca. Using A3 for enterprise planning and management reporting in the highly regulated and government-owned utility industry