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Process Modeling &

Workflow Management Newsletter

May 2005 - Special SSA User Conference Issue
In this issue
Baan/BWU Memorabilia Give-Away Contest
Meet DynaFlow staff in person at SSAU Conference
Welcome at EZ-Process Sessions SSAU - Coming up next week!
*FREE* Valuable CD-Library with Baan, BPM and Workflow Documentation
A Word from Comcast Cable...
Aberdeen Reserach Findings: SOX compliance and Automation
Did you know...

Baan/BWU Memorabilia Give-Away Contest

To celebrate the good old Baan times and to share souvenirs with your new SSAU colleagues during the upcoming SSAU Conference, DynaFlow and BWU are holding a drawing to give away Baan/BWU Memorabilia. Not only will it revive, in a fun manner, the souvenirs of an “interesting” era, we hope it will also enable all Baan members, now invited to join the bigger SSA Global family, to reflect back on the past years that led us here today. The contest is now open! See images of the Baan/BWU items you could win and register at http://www.EZ-Process.net/Contest . If you wish to contribute to the fun and success of this event, we also invite you to donate items.

Draw to be held at the SSAU Conference in Atlanta, on Tuesday May 17th at 2:30PM at the SSAU booth.

Looking forward to see you in the Official Baan'dits team ...


Welcome at EZ-Process Sessions SSAU - Coming up next week!

Is Business Process Management and Workflow a priority on your company's wish list? Make sure to attend one of the sessions below and see how companies like yours succeeded in implementing it. Mark your agenda:

  • Monday, May 16th, 9.30AM: "How Workflow Management significantly enhanced our Fujitsu operations" - Learn how Fujitsu handles complex and time-consuming approvals now.
  • Tuesday, May 17th, 4.45PM: "Business Process Management to insure consistent processes and to facilitate Sarbanes-Oxley compliancy" - Learn  how to go about achieving a simpler and quicker SOX certification & compliancy.
  • Wednesday, May 18th, 10.30AM: "Business Process Management (BPM), the low cost alternative to integrate & orchestrate your SSA investment" - Learn how to achieve corporate-wide integration of processes, applications and users.

For more information and session abstracts.

For more information on SSAU conference.


Meet DynaFlow staff in person at SSAU Conference

If you want to leverage your presence at the SSAU Conference, we want to invite you to meet our staff in person at the Conference. Please let us know by sending an e-mail to contact@dynaflow-dem.com, we'll do follow-up to settle date/time.



*FREE* Valuable CD-Library with Baan, BPM and Workflow Documentation

For attendees of the SSA User Conference in Atlanta, DynaFlow has continued the yearly tradition of providing an updated library of valuable documents, presentations and other materials about Baan Dynamic Enterprise Modeling, Workflow and extended Business Process Management with EZ-Process. Visit one of our sessions to receive the CD and make sure you take your copy back home!

A Word from Comcast Cable...

"Comcast is an innovator.  That is one of the reasons we are using DynaFlow 's EZ-Workflow software in the Atlantic Division. Unlike providing static, off-the-shelf software, DynaFlow incorporates Comcast's business requirements into their development process.  This approach enables us to benefit from a more dynamic and tailored business solution without costly customizations. Since its implementation about 2 years ago, EZ-Workflow has  improved  document tracking and accountability throughout the approval process, and has proven to be a good decision for our organization."
(Steve Hughes - Sr. Director of Resource Management)

Aberdeen Research Findings: SOX Compliance and Automation

Aberdeen Group, the Boston based leading Analyst group issued their Benchmark Report about "SOX Compliance and Automation" in March 2005. Business Process Analysis and Management are mentioned to be key-enablers and even differentiators at the road to SOX Compliance.
Companies operating as industry leaders involve much of the organization in their SOX review process and are using a combination of business process analysis, project management, and changes to technology to go beyond the minimum requirements imposed by SOX to significantly improve operating results while introducing continuous business improvements.
Another interesting statement:
Companies are combining SOX with business process improvement programs to deliver better results. If your company does not take this opportunity to leverage SOX to improve inefficient business procedures, it is going to face stiff competition in the future from industry leaders that are operating at full throttle and with complete balance.
EZ-Process addresses specific Sarbanes-Oxley requirements, such as definition of business controls and relating them to the context of business processes, it also allows (quantitative) analysis and provide Performance Indicators about current business performance. EZ-Process is well-positioned to fulfill the role in SOX Compliance and Business Process Improvement, described by Aberdeen Group as the strategy of industry leaders.

Read more News about how EZ-Compliance supports SOX implementation


On a technical note, did you know...

...that EZ-Workflow is compliant to all versions of SSA Baan (Triton, Baan IVa-b-c, ERP-5, LN, ...) and does not require Webtop, Worktop components nor any specific Baan Services Packs. EZ-Workflow license allows for unlimited users to collaborate and for unlimited routes/rules to be defined. It can be operated in non-Baan areas/divisions/organizations as in cross-applications infrastructure ...

...that EZ-Process is integrated to the Active Directory via LDAP ...

...that in addition to model Business Processes, EZ-Process enables organizations to graphically model their Technical Infrastructure, including their network/workstations layout, applications deployment, supply-chain integrations, etc... Impact analysis can then be performed on framework, applications, modules, components, data objects or data fields ...

...that Baan data dictionary can be imported into EZ-Process to enable modeling the cross-applications integrations and customizations ...


DynaFlow Americas
Phone: +1 (514) 374-2234
www.dynaflow-dem.com
DynaFlow Europe
Phone: +31 (318) 503 301
www.dynaflow.nl

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