08.06.2009

IDS Scheer Conference

By: Christiane Stagge

According to Professor August-Wilhelm Scheer, easy-to-use products have excellent prospects – think of Apple’s iPhone. The ProcessWorld summoned business leaders and experts from industry and the public sector.

Keynote with rhythm: Prof. Scheer on ARIS ProcessWorld 2009 (photo: Gerhard Blank)

All companies strive to keep a constant eye on their business processes with the ultimate aim of safeguarding success. But to be able to actually measure success, it’s important to analyze existing processes and to react to changes in the market.

At the most recent ProcessWorld – held by IDS Scheer on May 28 and 29 in Munich – decision makers from industry and the public sector met to discuss such topics. Talks at the conference mainly centered on how IT solutions can be deployed to improve business processes.

ARIS software

As a partner of SAP, IDS Scheer informed visitors about its new ARIS software products and consulting services designed to improve business process management (BPM). “Business processes are subject to change, so they have to be constantly reengineered. That’s why the implementation of ERP software often takes such a long time,” explained Dr. Wolfram Jost, IDS Scheer executive board member. In his keynote, he presented the new products of the ARIS platform:

• ARIS Express can be downloaded free of charge from the ARIS Community and offers a way to get started with BPM. It provides models for organizational structures, processes, and application systems.
• ARIS Rocket Search helps users to quickly and easily find process descriptions, organizational information, and models. The search results are displayed even as users type and enable direct access to functions.
• ARIS Governance Engine automates administrative processes and guarantees a workload reduction of 80%.
• ARIS MashZone helps user departments combine their data from various sources such as Excel files, ERP systems, and CRM applications and then present the results – for example, from market analyses and surveys – in the form of mash-ups
• ARIS Process Performance Manager 5 combines BPM with business intelligence. Also known as ARIS PPM 5, the solution enables companies to evaluate – and subsequently optimize – their business processes in terms of time, costs, quality, and quantity.

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