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DOE-SR IBMS‘Integrated Business Management System’  Mike Mahon, President,mike@ziaconsulting.comCell: 720.289.7424 Rob Scola, Director Fed Sales,rscola@alfresco.comCell: 703.554.3753 Richard Im, Sr Solutions Eng,richard.im@alfresco.com                           Office: 703.823.3387
Agenda ,[object Object]
Capture & Store Documents
Retain or Preserve Records
Business Process Management
Collaborate on Content
Case Studies, Mobile, & Innovation
Executive Summary Review and Q & A,[object Object]
 Boost productivity by creating collaborative work environments
  Maintain access and control of information through the enterprise
  Allow employees to find the information they need, when they need it
Increase end-user adoption
Agile training by using Zia methodology and Rally tools
Raving fan customersProfessional Qualifications ,[object Object]
 Platinum Alfresco Professional Services & OEM Partner
 Platinum Ephesoft Partner
 Alfresco Partner of The Year Award for Best Project Implementation with Denver
IBM PartnerOur Partners
Service Offerings Enterprise Content Management (ECM) An ECM is a cultivation of knowledge -- one of the most valuable assets to any organization. A proper ECM system ensures content has integrity through proper version control, allows producers to easily create content and publish it to a variety of mediums, and it automates processes,streamlining the review, approval and distribution of content across an organization.  Zia's ECM offerings provide all of these benefits, and more, in a manner tailored to the client's business needs.  Enterprise 2.0 Solutions The focus of technology should always be on people. Zia enables our customers to gain tremendous competitive advantage by allowing their team to collaborate more effectively, respond more quickly to changes, and make better decisions. Adopters of Enterprise 2.0 solutions will find they have a more productive, engaged and informed team. Enterprise Mobile Applications Mobile workforce enablement is an increasing trend for Zia’s enterprise customers. Zia’s Fresh Docs ECM application is available for iPhone, iPadand Android platforms. The newly released Fresh Xpense application is a simple expense and receipt capture tool for the iPhone that integrates with Xpenser.com. Zia’s Agile Solution Methodology At its heart, our Agile-based methodology is centered on a close collaborative approach to maximizing value for our customers. Constant client communication is necessary to ensure that each development iteration addresses features with the highest business value, even if those features were unknown at the launch of the project.
Four Criteria for Picking Enterprise Technology Select the Right Technology Select the Right Technology Bend the cost curve Bend the cost curve Deliver Quickly Deliver Quickly Give Users What They Really Want Give Users What They Really Want
Why choose Open Source & Open Standards? Cost Technical ,[object Object]
Socket-based Licensing
Built-in Web Service support
Indirect Cost Savings
Productivity
Simplicity
Perfect Fit for our Technical Goals
Features to solve our complex integration needs
Proven ability to Scale
Commodity Hardware
Support for VirtualizationDevelopment and Support Users ,[object Object]
Integration with existing work ‘metaphors’
Secure
Developer Availability - XML and Spring
Open Source – leverage the work of others
Availability of qualified Professional Services,[object Object]
The Paper Document Problem ,[object Object]
Paper has obvious problems
Switching over to electronic documents and signatures is critical to stop perpetuating the paper process.
But, decades of paper documents (or more) must be dealt with as well.
Scanning with OCR, enterprise application integration and automatic electronic record generation is a must.
Alfresco and Zia partner with Kofax for an integrated scanning solution,[object Object]
Validate meta data (OCR from image, entered by the user, queried from an enterprise database, or any combination of these)
Scan Documents & Review Images

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DOE-SR Integrated Business Management using Zia Consulting Fresh Contracts and Alfresco ECM

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  1. Alfresco ECM System: Built on Alfresco Enterprise 3.3 and up, the contract workflows are backed by an Enterprise Content Management system. Access control defined by group, user and role.Pre-packaged Processes: Workflows specific to RFP processes, Expenditure Contracts and Revenue Contracts are built into the system.Rules-Driven Task Assignment: Automatic assignment of specific reviewer, approver, administrator and attorney tasks based on configuration files.Metadata: Required and optional metadata is built into each pre-packaged task and easily customized to meet any requirement.SOAP Integration: A built-in interface for exchanging data with financial systems is provided.‘Boot Strap’ Workflow Structure: A Zia built structure that allows users to hand off one workflow to another, such as an RFP workflow to a Contract workflow once a vendor has been selected.Dashboard: A real-time view of all contracts in process, highlighting each workflow and drilling down to the task, showing users assigned, start and completion dates and outcomes.  All users with assigned tasks in the workflow automatically have visibility, and other users can be configured or invited in.  The same dashboard provides management users with the tools to ensure that all contracts are moving efficiently through the process.Electronic Signature: Two-factor authentication controls signature tasks; ensuring facsimile signatures match the user who electronically signed.Business Intelligence: A data extract function allows use of any third-party business intelligence package to create and distribute real-time and historical reports.
  2. On the left is PeopleSoft, where expenditure contracts begin (in Requisitions, a standard financials functionality). The blue arrows show the expenditure contract process.  Through a custom web service that we wrote within Alfresco, a requisition kicks off a bootstrap workflow within Alfresco.  This bootstrap workflow creates a task that is assigned to a pool of users depending on the business unit (e.g., Public Works, Human Services) the contract will be for (this is defined in the requisition).  The user then has to pick which specific expenditure workflow is used (e.g., a Construction contract workflow vs. a Professional Services expenditure workflow).  The user also has the option, if appropriate, to select an RFx (e.g., RFP, RFQ, etc.) workflow to go through a bidding process, before actually going through the contracting process.  All expenditure contracts finish with an electronic signature process where the Attorney, Mayor, Clerk & Recorder, Finance Manager and Auditor approve the contract, and then a web service in PeopleSoft is called to complete the expenditure flow by creating a Purchase Order.The orange arrows show the process for revenue contracts.  Revenue contracts (and other types like non-financial agreements) are started within Alfresco, using the standard "Start Advanced Workflow" document menu selection.  Users have a choice of 4 workflows, plus the RFP process.  The revenue contracts can go through the electronic signature process OR a paper signature process, but I only showed the path through the paper process for simplicity.  Revenue contracts don't go back to PeopleSoft (because they didn't start there).
  3. We used Alfresco Advanced Workflow (in DM/Explorer), and developed several custom extensions to meet customer requirements:Workflow Web Service: a SOAP service to initiate a workflow and assign the task to a pool of users (more detail on how this is used below)Bootstrap Workflow: a specialized workflow/action class to initiate one workflow from another, and hand off the documents and properties.Electronic Signature: an encrypted PIN assigned to a certain class of users (though it could be applied to any user), and the document processing functions to apply a facsimile signature and City Seal to the signature page.Rules-driven Task Assignment: specialized Action classes to assign review tasks based on contract parameters (such as prevailing wage, small business goals)Workflow Dashboard: a custom dashlet to show in-progress workflows (not just current tasks), also allowing non-workflow participants to monitor workflow tasksOracle Business Intelligence integration for reporting current and completed workflow and contract record status.