Tuesday, August 28, 2007

ACCPOL BPM for Manufacturers

Manufacturers must find a way to closely manage, monitor, and execute long term, complex, global processes which involve partners, suppliers, vendors, and customers. In today’s changing economy, manufacturers are faced with increasing pressures to shorten cycle times, increase production rates, and be more responsive to market needs. Accpol BPM’s manufacturing process improvements answers that need. It increases process efficiencies across the diverse functions of the organizations – from product development to manufacturing, distribution, supply chains and customer service. Accpol BPM e-form gains new visibility into existing processes and links these processes across the enterprise to give organizations the opportunity to break down the silos that exist between supply chains, manufacturing environments, and distribution channels. Many manufacturers have turned to Accpol BPM solutions to deliver the process efficiency improvements they need.

The Problem


Manufacturing companies have implemented various applications and processes and the result has been a very complex which increases costs and introduces delays and errors. Manufacturers are faced with inefficient, un-integrated and sometimes manual processes that hinder sales, delay the release of new products to the market, negatively impact customer support and increase operational and administrative costs.

Finding a Solution


Award winning Accpol BPM Software offers a single solution that manages all areas of operations and helps decrease the total cost of ownership. Manufacturers are increasingly looking to Accpol BPM as a platform capable of meeting their process improvement requirements across a variety of operational areas and are realizing the following benefits:

Ensure data quality and integrity. Process models that actually run the process provide consistency and adherence to manufacturer’s business requirements.
Respond to change faster. Revise processes to respond to business or market changes quickly and with minimal impact on the business.
Enable collaboration across and beyond the enterprise. Automatic notifications and work routing across departments, outside vendors, and suppliers reduces time, errors and the manual handling of process exceptions.
Extend the value of existing applications. Leverage existing applications like ERP and SCM by filling in the gaps created through more efficient Web-based forms, interfaces and reporting.
Gain real-time visibility and control over processes. Process performance can be viewed by managers in real-time to reduce bottlenecks and improve productivity.
Accpol BPM Challenge


Success in manufacturing demands uncompromised efficiency. Accpol BPM solutions for manufacturing has the ability to offer just-in-time supply so that desired stock is always available, but unwanted stock doesn’t build up and in turn raw materials arrive no earlier than they are required to reduce costs and inefficiencies associated with large inventory. Accpol BPM solutions aim to cut down on processing times and inventory, by reducing human involvement and by streamlining the supply chain. It finds a natural home in manufacturing companies as an integration tool to link the wide variety of manufacturing information sources and build composite business applications. Accpol BPM helps manufacturers respond to business events in real-time, make products in response to customer demand and outsource a wide variety of functions. Accpol BPM Solution helps to solve common inefficiencies like:

Paper-based processes where information is often inaccurate and error-prone, costly and inefficient
Excessively high lag times in mission-critical processes
Key knowledge workers are not able to focus on their core domain areas of expertise and are stuck performing low value manual tasks
Produce More Accurate Quotes
Accelerate Continuous Process Improvement Initiatives
Gain End-to-end Visibility Into Mission-Critical Processes
Reduce Latencies in Production Processes
Strengthen Relationships with Customers and Partners

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