Avanteam Workflow software publisher

In an increasingly competitive economic environment, the dematerialization and automation of business processes has become essential for companies seeking greater agility, visibility and traceability.

However, many companies still handle paper files and exchange emails toshare information or coordinate actions related to their business processes, such as tracking customer complaints, managing purchases or processing supplier invoices. This situation greatly affects the efficiency of employees and the service provided to customers.

Managing processes with workflow software becomes all the more obvious when :

• the processes and players involved are numerous and often spread over several sites
• the information required for their proper execution is difficult to access or constantly changing
• the indicators essential to their improvement are not easy to collect.

Process Studio, one of the best workflow software packages on the market, enables you to model, automate and control your company's business processes, for real benefits in terms of traceability and operational efficiency.

First and foremost, workflow software must enable processes to be modeled quickly and easily, even by IT and non-IT staff. The aim of this step is to provide a detailed description of the stages, participants, information and management rules that characterize a business process, such as the follow-up of a letter or the processing of a purchase request. It is important that the software chosen is compatible with the BPMN (Business Process Model and Notation) standard, which not only simplifies the modeling and computerization of even the most complex processes, but also establishes a common language between users, business experts and process designers:

• Graphical modeling of forms and workflows
• Management of actors, roles, prerogatives and access rights
• Delegation management and change of assignment
• One-click generation of the business application, accessible from any browser or terminal
• Versioning and hot updating of workflows
• Connectors with the main ERP, CRM and DBMS of the market.

At this stage, the workflow engine will interact with people and information systems based on the steps, business rules and data associated with each process instance. For example, when entering a customer complaint form, the workflow application will query the CRM application containing the customer's information so that the operator only has to enter the description and origin of the complaint. This saves time and avoids double entries. The workflow solution will then escalate the claim to the right people according to the rules and business rules associated with the workflow:

• Workflow execution engine capable of integrating your business steps and rules
• Automatic reminders and alerts in case of delay
• Escalation management in case of deadline overrun
• History and total traceability of the participants and changes
• Synchronization of several processes.

Workflow software should also offer users and managers rapid access to the essentials, via a portal or customizable widgets: tasks, reports, files in progress, overdue files, etc. What's more, the workflow tool should offer relevant indicators as standard, enabling real-time monitoring of processes:

• Contextual management of the workspace according to each user's profile
• Application portal, widgets, indicators and customizable dashboards
• Multi-criteria and full text search tools
• On-the-spot indicators: where are we on the progress of a task? who? when? why?
• Cold indicators: what are the gaps? trends? bottlenecks?
• Possibility to easily create your own reports or dashboards
• Support for BI tools on the market such as QlikView, Microsoft Reporting Services, Business Objects, Cognos, etc.

A genuine alternative to specific developments and vertical products, Process Studio enables you to computerize any type of operational process, with economies of scale at every level: a single platform, a single training course, a single maintenance program, a single investment.

Complementary to your ERP, Process Studio will avoid you to make heavy and expensive developments on the side of your ERP to meet the needs of the business. The solution integrates easily with the main ERP and CRM software of the market.

With its collaborative portal, offering advanced content management, workflow and reporting features, Process Studio provides your users with the right information at the right time. Your company becomes more agile and offers a better service to its customers and employees.

Avanteam offers an open and scalable architecture with an intuitive interface, accessible to all users. The Avanteam software suite has been developed on the basis of market standards such as .NET, Ajax, HTML, XML, PDF/A, Active Directory and Web Services to integrate easily with your information system: ERP, CRM, accounting, messaging, etc.

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