Success Story: NBA Properties

NBA Breaks Record!

(August 1999) - Seth Rosenstein and Adam Lefkowitz of the NBA have just reported that a new world Jaguar record for implementation of Scoreboard Film & TV Licensing has been achieved: 60 days from start to finish! Inclusive in the project were two significant modifications that were essential to its success: Contract Miscellaneous Charges and Self Executing Agreements.  Seth and Adam, with help from Jaguar's intrepid senior consultant, Amy Nakano, and the Jaguar technical staff, achieved this awesome milestone despite the challenges of automating a distinct line of business for their Stock Footage department without experienced Jaguar users and with major critical path software modifications. The initial target of 2 August for live operation was achieved precisely as planned!

Below is a copy of an article taken from the August 20, 1999 edition of TIME:OUT, the internal newsletter of the NBA and WNBA:

3. Success Story

Faced with the dreaded Y2K compatibility issue, the Stock Footage Group was forced to find a suitable replacement system to support their growing business. After observing the success that Consumer Products and Finance have had with the Jaguar Licensing System over the past two years, Stock Footage made the decision that Jaguar was the best solution for their own
needs as well.

Jaguar currently supports the NBA's global licensing business, not only handling all financial transactions, but also as a highly utilized analytical tool. The software is on the desktops of all members of the Consumer Products Licensing Groups, and beginning in September, will begin to be rolled out to the regional offices so that they will have real time access information at their fingertips.

The implementation time of 60 days from start to finish set a Jaguar record for any of their clients. The initial target date of going live with the system on August 2nd was achieved as planned. The accelerated project management set the bar for all Jaguar clients to measure themselves against for years to come.

The project was led by Seth Rosenstein and Adam Lefkowitz from Finance and Joy Dellapina from Stock Footage. Other participating members of the project team included Rich Coiro, Kim Singer and Lori Gross from Finance, Meredith Fox and Steven Hauser from Stock Footage and Rich Francabandera and Bobby Bitton from IT.

Seth and Adam are happy to report that their users are now benefiting from streamlined invoicing, financial analysis queries and reports that were simply unavailable from the previous system.

Jaguar would like to extend its warmest congratulations to this dynamic duo for blazing new territory in making our clients' dreams come true!