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ActiveModeler is a high performance Windows application. It enables you to model the way people and organisations actually work. It operates simply and accurately. It allows you to capture business processes as they are actually executed. Tools are provided to depict real-world factors like labour cost, unit time, wait-time, roles, the relationship between a process, a role and a department, as well as many other useful factors. The captured business process is stored as a dynamically recalculating model. From this model, report summaries can be automatically produced. You can choose various levels of reporting detail. These include:
You can also see the result of reaching various end points for scrap analysis/ reject transaction reduction. Importantly, ActiveModeler allows you to capture and manipulate your own custom properties so you are not restricted to a predefined methodology. We have also exposed our process maps and properties using industry standard interfaces enabling you to interface to other applications using the Microsoft COM (ActiveX) Object model. In this way ActiveModeler is an integrated system and not a potential "island of information". Of significance to many organisations, the process model can be published on the corporate intranet or internet making the model a valuable corporate asset. We have also extended the power of ActiveModeler to allow you to actually execute a process model as well. You can therefore model corporate workflows and the ActiveFlow Workflow engine can control these workflows. All this using very industry standard and cost efficient "Microsoft-centric" products. See our ActiveFlow documentation for details. Lastly we have incorporated a simulation facility into ActiveModeler to simulate "Call Centre" arrival rates etc.
A Map Editor which is as easy to use as a drawing application. There are no new skills to learn. Any staff member with computer skills can use it. Managers can give the software to their staff to map their own work processes. Hierarchical Access is provided by a powerful "drill-down" process model. Top level processes can "drill down" to submaps just by clicking on them with the mouse. The user can see just the level of detail which is appropriate. For instance, a senior manager can choose to view the high level top view. On the other hand, a line manager can drop down to a deeper level to obtain more detailed information. Of course, the senior manager can also look at this detailed information if required, including the actual volumes and process timings. In this way, access to information is provided which gives an in-depth perspective into the workings of the organisation. This allows all staff including senior managers to "keep in touch" with actual operations Context sensitive shortcut menus whereby direct control of the process object's characteristics is gained by clicking on it with the right hand mouse button. This feature allows the user to directly call up and define properties of the process without needing to access the menu bar. In this way, the operations needed to describe the process are directly associated with it. Comprehensive reporting with various data perspectives. Available options include:
Custom Properties Information can be exported/imported using the standard Microsoft COM interface, so that ActiveModeler is an integral part of an organisation's information base. For example, access is available to the process properties, internal spreadsheet, project repository, custom documents and properties, role, department and product information. Script Hosting ActiveModeler will host any standard ActiveX scripting engine. The software is shipped with VBScript and MS JScript engines. Scripts can be optionally attached to maps, processes and properties, so the software can really be tailored to your business needs. Syntax Colourised Script Editor To make the script writing easier, the editor recognises VBScript syntax.. Keywords and syntax are automatically coloured and capitalised as you type. Real world depiction so that variables such as Monthly Average Volume, Unit Time, Unit Cost, Monetary Cost, Fixed Costs, Headcount, Aggregate Headcount, Monthly Total Time etc. are analysed and reported on. Time is stored internally in milliseconds - this makes it suitable for mapping automated process as well. View scaling enabling the zooming of maps from 25% to 200% of actual view size. Automatic recalculation is activated in all dependent processes when an upstream parameter - for instance a volume- changes. Cost of end point analysis allows you to pose questions like "what is the real cost of processing customer loan rejections". For example, your organisation rejects 300 loans a month. This feature projects a track backwards along a path between processes A load value of 300 is plugged into each step. This features gives the cost of handling just those 300 transactions. In an engineering environment, this technique would be used to quickly determine the cost of scrap items. View any selection of a map as a table by simply clicking on a sequence of process steps with the mouse. See the data associated with each process in table form complete with total costing summaries. Scenario analysis can be activated after a route through a map has been tagged and saved. Process costs and work loads can be altered for "what if" analysis. Reports can be exported after saving them as tab delimited files. The data can then be exported to other Windows applications. Centralised data control ensures high level direct management of enterprise data through the use of a "Project Repository". For example, if the labour cost of a work role changes as a result of say, a labour/management agreement, what do you do to efficiently bring about that change? You only update the role's cost entry in the Project Repository. Any maps which refer to that role are automatically brought up to date Role cost modelling is available with up to 5 grades or levels. Costing can be performed on an actual monetary or a headcount basis. Role utilisation is also calculated, taking into account the number of workers that have been assigned to a role. Zone Colouring (swimlanes) On a process map each organisational zone, for example a role or department, can be given it’s own colour for clarity. Custom Shapes and Clip Art In addition to the standard shapes, a custom palette of favourite shapes can be imported and defined. A clip art library can be similarly built up by the user. In addition, ActiveModeler comes with a categorised library of clip art. This art work and custom shapes can be used in exactly the same way as standard shapes in the software. Simulation via a real time event generator which runs in "compressed time". Branching is performed on the basis of probability. A time base is selectable from "slow to fast". Analysis of the simulation can be seen in a separate window pane. Internet/Intranet Process Maps Process maps can be wholly or partially stored on an internet site or corporate intranet. They can be opened by ActiveModeler as though they were kept locally. In addition, KAISHA-Tec supply a low cost viewer for users who only want to view (not create or add value to existing process models). Workflow Extensions(ActiveFlow) These allow ActiveModeler process maps to be the engine for the control and execution of actual workflow. This allows you to step-wise move from defining a process map to the actual business execution; in fact a true visual programming environment based on business rules. Auto Update from the previous version of ActiveModeler Process maps from version 1.2 can be read and automatically updated to the ActiveModeler format. Built-in Electronic Forms editor Allowing you to link a process directly with a form. The editor is compatible with Microsoft Front Page. Reusable submaps A process can be linked to a map which then works like a macro. The process can exchange flow and process information with the submap in much the same manner as a subroutine is used in procedural programming languages. Submaps are reusable. They can be referenced by multiple process steps within a map project set. Process Documentation allows complete details about a process to be stored as a table and retrieved from the process workbook. Sequential process description steps can be stored and user definable columns are included. External references can also be stored in the table. These can be of any kind including EXE, www URL, Word, Excel, graphics or scanned images. Clicking on the reference will automatically launch the information. This feature is useful for both the line manager to document current processes and for a business analyst for reviewing current procedures. A "reason for the step" column is also provided to suitably complete the documentation. The resulting "rich" information gleaned from maps produced with ActiveModeler is an ideal resource. It can for example, be used to familiarise new staff with a company's operations. Material Costing (BOM) as provided via the Process Documentation table. Process costing can be defined in detail as a Bill of Materials (BOM). BOM costs are automatically associated with the process map volumes. This is a very flexible feature and useful for many industries from the commercial office to the computer IC board manufacturer. Total Process Capture means that information is available to assist companies involved in obtaining ISO 9000 certification. Security is provided so that maps with their associated data can be secured against unauthorised update. Integrity is provided using a password facility.
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This page was last updated on 28 November 2001 |
