DST Systems Inc. (NYSE: DST) is a software development firm that specializes in information processing and management, with the goal of improving efficiency, productivity, and customer service. DST was founded in 1969 as a division of Kansas City Southern Industries, and is currently headquartered in Kansas City, Missouri. The New York Stock Exchange (NYSE), nicknamed the Big Board, is a New York City-based stock exchange. ... 1969 (MCMLXIX) was a common year starting on Wednesday (the link is to a full 1969 calendar). ... Kansas City Southern Industries is the parent company of the Kansas City Southern railroad, a Class 1 railroad headquartered in Kansas City, Missouri. ... Nickname: City of Fountains or Heart of America Location in Jackson, Clay, Platte, and Cass Counties in the state of Missouri. ... This article does not cite its references or sources. ...

DST Systems Inc. produces the AWD, or Automated Work Distributor, software package, which is a business process management solution. Its primary purpose is to increase back-office efficiency through workflow and imaging. It also helps to reduce paper in the office, moving businesses towards the paperless office. The paperless office was a visionary or publicists slogan, supposed to apply to the office of the future. ...

DST Systems, Inc. is headed by CEO Thomas McDonnell, COO Thomas McCullough, and CFO Kenneth Hager

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