Woodmen of the World Now Live on Lawson Enterprise Software System

Lawson system consolidating financial data and improving reporting capabilities

ST. PAUL, Minn.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Woodmen of the World/Omaha Woodmen Life Insurance Society, a fraternal benefit organization that offers insurance and annuities, has gone live with the Lawson S3 Enterprise Financial Management Suite and Lawson Business Intelligence from Lawson Software (Nasdaq: LWSN - News). The organization plans to use the Lawson enterprise applications to help support its long-term growth by helping to consolidate its business systems and automate core business processes.

Woodmen of the World members, who belong to more than 2,000 lodges throughout the United States, conduct volunteer, charitable and patriotic projects that benefit individuals, families and communities. The Lawson S3 Financial Management Suite will help Woodmen of the World target growth opportunities and provide a platform for sustainable compliance. The suite helps improve transparency of a business, strengthens financial discipline, and helps improve business processes and reduce costs. In addition, Lawson Business Intelligence provides a comprehensive, organization-wide view for decision makers, allowing them to analyze operational processes with up-to-date data, make decisions, and enter those decisions back into operational systems to capitalize on business opportunities.

“We chose Lawson because we wanted a consolidated view of our financial data from one system. We also wanted a system that provided up-to-date reporting capabilities and the potential to grow with our company,” said Annette Devine, vice president of Accounting Services Division, Woodmen of the World. “We now have a much more logical account structure along with automated reporting of key data.”

Woodmen of the World’s deployment was led by a cross-departmental project team with representatives from the Human Resources, Finance, and Information Technology departments. Woodmen of the World, a Lawson customer since 1999, had previously been running Lawson Human Capital Management and Payroll solutions.

Lawson Professional Services led this latest implementation of the Enterprise Financial Management and Lawson Business Intelligence solutions. The project team utilized Lawson Process Flow Integrator, an application based on a Service Oriented Architecture, which helps organizations form efficient, integrated business processes. Using Process Flow Integrator, the project teams created 25 interfaces from several legacy information systems to create a more unified view of the organization’s information assets.

“This project underscores the value that Lawson brings to service industry organizations and businesses like Woodmen of the World,” said David Siebert, general manager, Service Industries, for Lawson. “Our wide range of enterprise solutions helps organizations like this address core business challenges, from human resources to finances to procurement - even business intelligence - in ways that help them be more nimble in a rapidly changing business environment.”

Woodmen of the World is a fraternal benefit organization that offers insurance, annuities and securities. To learn more about Woodmen of the World, visit www.woodmen.org. You can also read more about Woodmen’s history and legal structure within the organization’s website under the “About” tab.

About Lawson Software

Lawson Software provides software and service solutions to 4,500 customers in equipment service management and rental, fashion, food & beverage, healthcare, manufacturing & distribution, public sector (United States), service industries, and strategic human capital management across 40 countries. Lawson Software is a global provider of enterprise software, services and support to customers primarily in three sectors: services, trade and manufacturing/distribution. Lawson’s solutions include Enterprise Performance Management, Human Capital Management, Supply Chain Management, Enterprise Resource Planning, Customer Relationship Management, Manufacturing Resource Planning, Enterprise Asset Management and industry-tailored applications. Lawson solutions assist customers in simplifying their businesses or organizations by helping them streamline processes, reduce costs and enhance business or operational performance. Lawson is headquartered in St. Paul, Minn., and has offices around the world. Visit Lawson online at www.lawson.com. For Lawson’s listing on the First North exchange in Sweden, Remium AB is acting as the Certified Adviser.

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