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Core Competencies
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Straight Through Processing
Seamless process flow which links front office functions with back office administration systems for streamlined process execution and cost savings.
Link multiple functions and disparate systems seamlessly into a coordinated process flow. Once the process is initiated, it is able to flow automatically to completion without further intervention subject to business rules and policies.
This automation is reliant on capture and real-time execution of business rules, and the ability to link to back-end systems. Once in place, this end-to-end processing cuts processing time dramatically, saves costs and increases new business flow rate.
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Intelligent or Smart Forms
Intelligent web-based forms which apply business rules dynamically to the entry and processing of data for real-time decision making.
Intelligence transforms a web form into a decision making tool. Your business rules are applied real-time providing instant feedback to the person filling in the form, ensuring accurate and complete data capture. The value extends beyond automated data capture in the web form to becoming the enabler of automated workflow, thereby shortening cycle-time and saving costs.
Transform static forms into real-time web-based decision tools. Rules drive the structure and flow of the form in response to user input. Questions are dynamic driven by the answers people give, allowing reflexive questions to be asked and detail questions included which are too voluminous for paper or static web forms.
Forms can be web or mobile based so your business rules can be applied in the field for off-line operation, for example closing sales for insurance policies. Workflow can be initiated from within the form, and the form can make decisions in real-time, thereby eliminating delays of days or weeks usually associated with static forms which only collect data but do not process it.
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Rules-Driven Systems
Rules-driven systems provide a scalable platform for building software applications. They are superior to traditional programming tools for applications with many business rules.
Rules are the heart of every system, whether implicit or explicit, to capture logic and specify action. In a rules-driven system, rules are centrally managed and drive everything - eg. presentation, data validation, workflow, document assembly, and calculations.
In traditional applications rules are coded as an ancillary effort and become scattered as they are embedded in the presentation, database and application layers. They are often duplicated and overlap. The problem becomes acute the larger and more complex the system, resulting in an exponential growth in the coding, testing and debugging efforts.
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Integration/SOA
Streamline business processes by integrating multiple IT systems together to save time and speed processing.
Integrate enterprise applications leveraging a Service Oriented Architecture (SOA) to maximize interoperability and reuse. This could involve wrapping a legacy system with an XML layer for Web deployment, presenting multiple applications within a single customer portal interface or utilizing an Enterprise Services Bus (ESB) or other middleware for communication between disparate systems. This may be project based for a particular purpose or as part of an Enterprise Application Integration (EAI) initiative.
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Legacy System Unblocking
Remove business roadblocks from legacy applications by creating a web or mobile front-end which implements new business processes.
Legacy systems need to support new business processes, not anchor an organization in old ways of doing business. Legacy unblocking progressively replaces legacy components with new business processes implemented outside the legacy systems, then links them into the back-end legacy infrastructure to continue the existing enterprise process.
The key is to unlock the business rules hidden in the legacy systems, define new workflow and integration to other systems. The new system can be web-based or a mobile application.
