Newsletter


Process &
Workflow Management

 

October 2002

         


Stand-Alone DEM Modeling

Herman-Miller, a market leader in office furniture and solutions, has since day one maximized the usage and benefits of Baan DEM within their organization.  Having implemented in early 2001 a web-based solution for DEM diagrams to become available in all users browser and to enable ISO & training documentation to be directly linked to these diagrams, they are now expanding the Process Management scope to cater to non-Baan departments. With the use of EZ-Modeler, they enable intranet employees with no access to Baan to edit DEM compliant diagrams, to be published to their Intranet. Even their suppliers from their Extranet location can navigate the DEM processes related to their role and drill-down to documentation helping them execute their supply-chain operations. A true example on how DEM can bring extended value for your organization.
Click here for evaluation copy of EZ-Modeler
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BWU Conference 2002 – Los Angeles 

For those individuals/organizations that wish to see in action the latest DEM and Workflow Management features and products, we invite you to attend the following sessions:

  • How Herman Miller extended Dem and improved their business
    Session One (October 15 - 1:30 PM)
     
  • Getting the most from your DEM project & model
    Session Two (October 15 - 3:00 PM)
     
  • How Web-based Process Management is helping us at Solar Turbines
    Session Six (October 16 - 4:00 PM)

You are also invited to visit us at booth #23 (TriNET/DynaFlow) to see EZ-Process modules in action, including a full Baan training web-published DEM model.

 
 


EZ-Workflow, to automate your Baan Purchase Requisitions process

An end-to-end scenario, including the Purchase Requisitions creation in Baan and EZ-Workflow triggering all approval tasks required before a Purchase Order can be generated, is available at http://dynaflow-dem.com/loadmovie2.htm.


ASP Hosting of your DEM models

You believe that the business knowledge and value contained in your DEM process diagrams should be made available to all your employees, and not only to the few individuals having access to Baan. Why not publish your DEM model to your entire organization? For a low monthly subscription fee, DynaFlow will web-enable and host your DEM diagrams on a secured server. Requiring only their standard browser, even employees traveling to remote sites will keep access this online knowledge repository. Even ISO/QA/Training documents can be attached to the web-diagrams. For more information, mail to .

 
Web Links

Download the FREE EZ-Modeler Trial Version at
www.EZ-Process.com

Click here for more information about EZ-Workflow or  EZ-Process modules.

 


Return-on-Process Management-Investment ("ROPI")

Ever looked at figures about the Return-on-Process Management Investment? And interested what this "ROPI" would be for your company? Do the calculation yourself! It’s easy now with our pre-configured Excel spreadsheet, available by clicking here . Enter your company data and read out your "ROPI". The calculation is set up according to the official rules and guidelines of analyst companies.

As example: For a company with 100 employees with 25 Baan licenses, the ROI can be up to 381%! Savings identified are in reduced training, increased productivity,  etc.

Annual Return On Investment (ROI)
Payback Period (Years)

Net Present Value (NPV)
Average Yearly Cost of Ownership

381%
0.43
$159,198
$18,727
 


From Web-Processes to Applications Invocation…

In addition to providing your business processes in your employee’s browser, EZ-Publisher Portal enables these to launch, directly from the process view, various applications used to execute their daily tasks. From Baan applications (Baan Webtop or BWC) to web-based applications (asp/html/php/cgi/…), EZ-Publisher can also integrate with daily office tools such as Outlook, Word and Internet Explorer, as demonstrated in links below:
 

 
 


Tip of the Month: "
Maintain process documentation in your Browser"

With the newest version of EZ-Publisher, it’s now possible for process owners to maintain, directly from their web-browsers, the documents & links mapped to their process activities. This web-editing feature, called the Web-Navigator Maintenance, allows Intranet administrator and ISO/Training coordinators to add and update any process related links without requiring the EZ-Publisher Dashboard Client. It proves to be very convenient if these individual are offsite, or when the published model is located on a remote server (including the situation where the model is hosted in an ASP mode).

 



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