Acorde Process by Optika
In this uncertain global economy, many companies have pared resources to the point that they have driven employees to a level of frustration that few of us deem tolerable. Corporate executives and stockholders consistently want more: more revenues, more profitability and "more with less" from all departments. Yet, in trimming human resources to improve the bottom line, few companies examine their workflow to identify and eliminate extraneous processes or unnecessary roadblocks that would help maintain realistic objectives for employees, let alone enable an eight-hour workday.
In order to "do more with less," organizations need to be able to process more transactions with fewer resources. Many factors - the implementation of a new ERP or line-of-business system, increased sales, additional vendors and suppliers, more paperwork - can drive the need to either add resources or identify workflow inefficiencies. If your department or company is up against similar challenges, we recommend that you take a serious look at your current processes - you're likely to find that our workflow software - Acorde Process - can help significantly through increased productivity and efficiency (which ultimately means lower costs).
Through flexible, scalable workflow technology, Acorde Process enables the automatic routing and management of transaction information like purchase orders, claims, invoices and applications. Acorde Process help businesses expand the corporate environment to anyone virtually anywhere, streamlining work steps and improving communication between all users.
Additionally, we have identified a major, costly "chokepoint" with critical business applications - the ERP or LOB system's inability to map critical business processes to personnel outside the ERP system, such as routing an electronic document for additional approvals. Acorde Process can eliminate this "chokepoint", which requires an individual to manually route or hand-carry the document for appropriate signatures, extending beyond the bounds of the line-of-business systems.
Acorde Process Components
Acorde Process enhances overall connectivity of business processes, breaking down organizational, technological and geographical barriers, through the following powerful components:
Acorde Workplace
Acorde Workplace is a unique web application for viewing and working with business documents and information to accomplish tasks and process transactions. Acorde Workplace provides secure access to information as well as the tools necessary to complete business tasks, and can be customized specific to user job roles or functions within the organization. By using business rules to establish priorities, Acorde Workplace leverages the extensive range of transaction information and documents managed by Acorde Context - enabling more efficient end-to-end business processes.
Acorde Process Builder
As the cornerstone of the electronic process, Acorde Process Builder is a graphical tool that allows users to visually represent, create, update and maintain electronic workflow processes that automate and enhance existing business systems and processes. Process Builder defines work processes, events and tasks - automating content delivery and routing throughout the organization and over the web with trading partners.
Acorde Process Monitor
Acorde Process Monitor offers a graphical, real-time reporting manager that gives supervisory personnel the ability to view work being completed by all resources including users, groups of users and particular functions within the business process. Supervisors can constantly monitor and manage the system, including the ability to balance load and eliminate bottlenecks through real-time reallocation of work.