Perceptive Software
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Perceptive Software is an American multinational software firm that develops, licenses, deploys and supports enterprise content management
(ECM) software technology to organizations of all sizes globally. Headquartered in Shawnee, Kansas
, USA, with regional offices in United Kingdom, France, Germany, Netherlands, Spain, Italy, Hungary, Switzerland, United Arab Emirates, Brazil, Australia and Singapore, the company employs more than 600 workers.
History
The company’s predecessor was founded in 1988 as Genesis Software, selling accounts payable programs. It changed its name to Perceptive Vision, switched its focus to document management, imaging and workflow software, and introduced its flagship software product, ImageNow, in 1995. The company’s name became Perceptive Software in 2004. Perceptive Software was acquired by Lexmark International in June 2010 for a cash purchase of $280 million and operates as a stand-alone software business within Lexmark.
Scott Coons, president & CEO of Perceptive Software, joined the company in 1995 and has piloted the company to a substantial and sustained period of growth. Early on, Coons refocused the company’s market strategy, and under his guidance, Perceptive Software has become one of the top 10 global providers of ECM software technology.
Products
The product focus for Perceptive Software is enterprise content management
(ECM) software technology. The product line covers the core ECM components of document imaging
, document management, e-forms, records and information management (RIM), and workflow
.
Perceptive Software developed and patented its LearnMode™ technology, which is a set of nonprogrammatic techniques for integrating ECM technology with virtually any application delivered to a Microsoft Windows desktop or web browser. LearnMode is used as a point-and-click method for integrating ImageNow with business applications without the need for any new code to be written.
The company serves a broad spectrum of industries with its line of business and departmental solutions composed of software technology, industry expertise and best practices along with a comprehensive professional services team. Perceptive Software’s solutions are well-known for automating back office
processes such as accounting and financials, human resources
, contract management
, payroll
, legal and compliance. The company has established a strong reputation in the higher education
sector. Other key industries of emphasis include healthcare, government
and financial services
.
Culture
In 2010, Perceptive Software employed nearly 600 associates between its U.S. headquarters and international offices. Employees voted it one of the Kansas City Business Journal’s “Best Places to Work” five times, making Perceptive Software one of only three Kansas City companies to receive the award five times.
Contributing to this achievement are its competitive salaries and benefits package, including a flexible time-off policy, employee health and wellness opportunities, monthly chair massages, organized company events, community service projects and state-of-the-art work facilities.
Two examples of the company’s work hard / play hard culture are reflected in the construction of the Shawnee-based global headquarters. This includes the slide between second and first floors and a certified, regulation dodgeball court. The company hosts an annual charity dodgeball tournament—Dodge for a Cause—that benefits the Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation
and draws competitors from across the area.
Partnerships
Perceptive Software has long-standing partnerships with a number of software and hardware providers, including SAP
, Oracle Corporation
, Microsoft Corporation, Lawson Software
, Datatel
, Xerox Corporation, Canon and Fujitsu
, to name just a few. These alliances have helped Perceptive Software grow at a faster rate than the enterprise content management category itself, and the company is one of the ten largest ECM providers in the world.
Awards
Perceptive Software has been recognized for its success and growth through a number of programs, including being named a Computerworld
Honors Laureate, and president and CEO Scott Coons receiving the Ernst & Young
Entrepreneur of the Year award.
Community Engagement
Known within the company as the “Community Works” program, Perceptive Software supports a mix of causes, philanthropies and programs in which its employees are invested. Most notable is Dodge for a Cause, an annual charity dodgeball tournament hosted at the company’s NADA-approved dodgeball court. The tournament brings together participants from across the area and generates funds for the Kansas City chapter of the Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation
(JDRF). The tournament has generated nearly $90,000 for diabetes research and programs.
Educating Excellence, a program that Perceptive Software developed in partnership with the University of Kansas School of Engineering
recognizes outstanding Kansas and Kansas City area high school science, technology, engineering and math (STEM) teachers.
Employees of Perceptive Software contribute to many organizations with financial donations, in-kind support and time off for volunteer projects. These include the American Red Cross, Habitat for Humanity, Cells for Cells, Harvesters, Kansas City Corporate Challenge, Light the Night, Old Shawnee Days, Rebuilding Together Shawnee, Run for Mercy and Treads and Threads.
Thought Leadership
Perceptive Software publishes the online magazine InContext, devoted to coverage of news, trends and solutions related to enterprise content management.
Enterprise content management
Enterprise Content Management is a formalized means of organizing and storing an organization's documents, and other content, that relate to the organization's processes...
(ECM) software technology to organizations of all sizes globally. Headquartered in Shawnee, Kansas
Shawnee, Kansas
Shawnee is a city located in northwest Johnson County, Kansas, United States and is a western suburb of Kansas City, Missouri. As of the 2010 census, the city population was 62,209. Shawnee's fur trading and pioneering heritage blends histories of these Kansas Territory townships: Monticello and...
, USA, with regional offices in United Kingdom, France, Germany, Netherlands, Spain, Italy, Hungary, Switzerland, United Arab Emirates, Brazil, Australia and Singapore, the company employs more than 600 workers.
History
The company’s predecessor was founded in 1988 as Genesis Software, selling accounts payable programs. It changed its name to Perceptive Vision, switched its focus to document management, imaging and workflow software, and introduced its flagship software product, ImageNow, in 1995. The company’s name became Perceptive Software in 2004. Perceptive Software was acquired by Lexmark International in June 2010 for a cash purchase of $280 million and operates as a stand-alone software business within Lexmark.
Scott Coons, president & CEO of Perceptive Software, joined the company in 1995 and has piloted the company to a substantial and sustained period of growth. Early on, Coons refocused the company’s market strategy, and under his guidance, Perceptive Software has become one of the top 10 global providers of ECM software technology.
Products
The product focus for Perceptive Software is enterprise content management
Enterprise content management
Enterprise Content Management is a formalized means of organizing and storing an organization's documents, and other content, that relate to the organization's processes...
(ECM) software technology. The product line covers the core ECM components of document imaging
Document imaging
Document imaging is an information technology category for systems capable of replicating documents commonly used in business. Document imaging systems can take many forms including microfilm, on demand printers, facsimile machines, copiers, multifunction printers, document scanners, computer...
, document management, e-forms, records and information management (RIM), and workflow
Workflow
A workflow consists of a sequence of connected steps. It is a depiction of a sequence of operations, declared as work of a person, a group of persons, an organization of staff, or one or more simple or complex mechanisms. Workflow may be seen as any abstraction of real work...
.
Perceptive Software developed and patented its LearnMode™ technology, which is a set of nonprogrammatic techniques for integrating ECM technology with virtually any application delivered to a Microsoft Windows desktop or web browser. LearnMode is used as a point-and-click method for integrating ImageNow with business applications without the need for any new code to be written.
The company serves a broad spectrum of industries with its line of business and departmental solutions composed of software technology, industry expertise and best practices along with a comprehensive professional services team. Perceptive Software’s solutions are well-known for automating back office
Back office
A back office is a part of most corporations where tasks dedicated to running the company itself takes place. The term "Back office" comes from the building layout of early companies where the front office would contain the sales and other customer-facing staff and the back office would be those...
processes such as accounting and financials, human resources
Human resources
Human resources is a term used to describe the individuals who make up the workforce of an organization, although it is also applied in labor economics to, for example, business sectors or even whole nations...
, contract management
Contract management
Contract management or contract administration is the management of contracts made with customers, vendors, partners, or employees. Contract management includes negotiating the terms and conditions in contracts and ensuring compliance with the terms and conditions, as well as documenting and...
, payroll
Payroll
In a company, payroll is the sum of all financial records of salaries for an employee, wages, bonuses and deductions. In accounting, payroll refers to the amount paid to employees for services they provided during a certain period of time. Payroll plays a major role in a company for several reasons...
, legal and compliance. The company has established a strong reputation in the higher education
Higher education
Higher, post-secondary, tertiary, or third level education refers to the stage of learning that occurs at universities, academies, colleges, seminaries, and institutes of technology...
sector. Other key industries of emphasis include healthcare, government
Government
Government refers to the legislators, administrators, and arbitrators in the administrative bureaucracy who control a state at a given time, and to the system of government by which they are organized...
and financial services
Financial services
Financial services refer to services provided by the finance industry. The finance industry encompasses a broad range of organizations that deal with the management of money. Among these organizations are credit unions, banks, credit card companies, insurance companies, consumer finance companies,...
.
Culture
In 2010, Perceptive Software employed nearly 600 associates between its U.S. headquarters and international offices. Employees voted it one of the Kansas City Business Journal’s “Best Places to Work” five times, making Perceptive Software one of only three Kansas City companies to receive the award five times.
Contributing to this achievement are its competitive salaries and benefits package, including a flexible time-off policy, employee health and wellness opportunities, monthly chair massages, organized company events, community service projects and state-of-the-art work facilities.
Two examples of the company’s work hard / play hard culture are reflected in the construction of the Shawnee-based global headquarters. This includes the slide between second and first floors and a certified, regulation dodgeball court. The company hosts an annual charity dodgeball tournament—Dodge for a Cause—that benefits the Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation
Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation
JDRF is the leading global organization focused on type 1 diabetes research. Driven by volunteers connected to children, adolescents, and adults with this disease, JDRF is the largest charitable supporter of T1D research...
and draws competitors from across the area.
Partnerships
Perceptive Software has long-standing partnerships with a number of software and hardware providers, including SAP
SAP AG
SAP AG is a German software corporation that makes enterprise software to manage business operations and customer relations. Headquartered in Walldorf, Baden-Württemberg, with regional offices around the world, SAP is the market leader in enterprise application software...
, Oracle Corporation
Oracle Corporation
Oracle Corporation is an American multinational computer technology corporation that specializes in developing and marketing hardware systems and enterprise software products – particularly database management systems...
, Microsoft Corporation, Lawson Software
Lawson Software
Lawson Software is an international software company with 4,000 customers in manufacturing, distribution, maintenance and services industries, such as healthcare, financial services, retail and public sector in 33 countries.-Technology:...
, Datatel
Datatel
Datatel, Inc. is a private company that provides fully integrated software and professional services to build Enterprise Education Platforms for higher education. Founded in 1968 by Tom Davidson. It was originally a data processing service company, but has focused on higher education since 1979...
, Xerox Corporation, Canon and Fujitsu
Fujitsu
is a Japanese multinational information technology equipment and services company headquartered in Tokyo, Japan. It is the world's third-largest IT services provider measured by revenues....
, to name just a few. These alliances have helped Perceptive Software grow at a faster rate than the enterprise content management category itself, and the company is one of the ten largest ECM providers in the world.
Awards
Perceptive Software has been recognized for its success and growth through a number of programs, including being named a Computerworld
Computerworld
Computerworld is an IT magazine that provides information for senior IT leaders. It is published in many countries around the world under the same or similar names. Its publisher is International Data Group. Computerworld serves the needs of IT management via print and online...
Honors Laureate, and president and CEO Scott Coons receiving the Ernst & Young
Ernst & Young
Ernst & Young is one of the largest professional services networks in the world and one of the "Big Four" accountancy firms, along with Deloitte, KPMG and PricewaterhouseCoopers ....
Entrepreneur of the Year award.
Community Engagement
Known within the company as the “Community Works” program, Perceptive Software supports a mix of causes, philanthropies and programs in which its employees are invested. Most notable is Dodge for a Cause, an annual charity dodgeball tournament hosted at the company’s NADA-approved dodgeball court. The tournament brings together participants from across the area and generates funds for the Kansas City chapter of the Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation
Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation
JDRF is the leading global organization focused on type 1 diabetes research. Driven by volunteers connected to children, adolescents, and adults with this disease, JDRF is the largest charitable supporter of T1D research...
(JDRF). The tournament has generated nearly $90,000 for diabetes research and programs.
Educating Excellence, a program that Perceptive Software developed in partnership with the University of Kansas School of Engineering
University of Kansas School of Engineering
The University of Kansas School of Engineering, founded in 1891 is the is the oldest Engineering School in the State of Kansas, although engineering degrees were awarded as early as 1873. It is an ABET accredited, public engineering school located on the main campus of the University of Kansas in...
recognizes outstanding Kansas and Kansas City area high school science, technology, engineering and math (STEM) teachers.
Employees of Perceptive Software contribute to many organizations with financial donations, in-kind support and time off for volunteer projects. These include the American Red Cross, Habitat for Humanity, Cells for Cells, Harvesters, Kansas City Corporate Challenge, Light the Night, Old Shawnee Days, Rebuilding Together Shawnee, Run for Mercy and Treads and Threads.
Thought Leadership
Perceptive Software publishes the online magazine InContext, devoted to coverage of news, trends and solutions related to enterprise content management.