Finding and Exploiting BPM
Opportunities in ERP
Implementations
Brian S. Reale, CEO
Openbravo World
Conference
April 19, 2009
brian@colosa.com
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Agenda
About ProcessMaker
About BPM & Workflow
Finding Opportunities in ERP
Demo Integration

What is ProcessMaker?
Open Source
Workflow
&
BPM

Who is Colosa?
The Company behind the
development and commercialization
of ProcessMaker.
Headquarters: New York, USA

Vision
Eliminate Paperwork as we know it.

Mission
Develop open source workflow
software for SMEs that is powerful yet
simple to use and easy to integrate for
automating business processes.

Market
Opportunity
“BPM will be a $2.7 billion
market by 2009 with more than a
21% compounded annual
growth rate (CAGR).”
- Gartner

The Pain Points
SMEs/SBUs and Government Agencies need a simple low-
cost way to simplify paperwork.
Developers need an open source workflow engine to
easily add the following functionality to existing software:
• Build forms
• Route data for approvals
• Track and report on data entered
• Generate customized alerts
• Produce personalized PDFs
System Integrators need a way to add greater value to
existing ERP, CRM, and DMS implementations.

Where to Find Opportunities
People Gaps
Interaction with the client
Information passing
between departments
Approvals that cross
between departments
Sharing information
between departments
Gaps created by Software and
Systems
Managing Exceptions
Implementation Limitations
IT Resource Limitations

Where to look for BPM Opportunities?
Admin and Finance Marketing & Sales
Credit Applications
• Marketing Funds Usage
•
Claims Forms Request
•
Purchase Requests Marketing Collateral Approval
• •
Expense Report Approval Contract On-Boarding
• •
Operations Special Pricing Approval
•
Contract Production and
RMA •
•
Management
Help Desk
•
Human Resources
Engineering Change Requests
•
Benefits Administration
•
Inspection Forms
•
Employee On-Boarding
•
National/Municipal Government
Employee Off-Boarding
•
Licensing and Permit
•
Hiring
Applications •
Online RFQ and RFPs
•
Major ERP Value Add
Opportunity!

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