2008 ASX Announcements

Date: 25 March 2008

Royal New Zealand College of General Practitioners goes live with Objective 

As a part of their overall strategy to enhance information management, the Royal New Zealand College of General Practitioners (RNZCGP) has implemented an Enterprise Content Management solution from Objective Corporation (ASX:OCL).

The Royal New Zealand College of General Practitioners’ aim is to improve the health of all New Zealanders by enhancing the standards and quality of general practices, providing postgraduate vocational education and professional development, and representing the views of its members through advocacy.

The growth of the College has resulted in their diverse array of business functions generating silos of information which led to difficulty collaborating within their business.

Storage, retrieval and retention of information are paramount to the operation of the RNZCGP. Paper had traditionally been the official record of the College, hard copy records include student files, examination papers and membership application forms. These were stored in a variety of locations internally and externally in an archiving facility offsite.  

The need to manage paper records alongside approximately 130,000 electronic documents, in a single accessible location, is business critical as is encouraging information sharing within the College.

Objective worked closely with the RNZCGP to create a detailed file plan that reflected the College’s core business needs. In-depth training workshops along with Objective’s customised End User Training Kit were used to help RNZCGP staff through the change management period.

RNZCGP uses Objective for document, record, correspondence and committee’s management. Objective supports compliance with record keeping standards and provides workflow and case management to control the 4000 strong membership database and associated relationship management.

As a result of the close working relationship between Objective and RNZCGP, the system was implemented in under six months.

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