Business case

The operation of every company is dependant on a multitude of processes which take place. Many of these processes are either paper-based, or, more likely, have become based on the use of software applications and databases – commercial and in-house, technical and non-technical.

However, many applications can be time-consuming to use and hard to deploy to the enterprise, with the result that many critical processes take longer than they should. In addition, the corporate knowledge of how to use a software or database tool can easily be lost, resulting in on-going training costs and long learning-curves for new staff.

With EASA, your business can quickly author easy-to-use Web-based applications and use them to automate and integrate software and databases on any computer on your network. The resulting library of custom applications is accessible to anyone in your enterprise via a browser, integrating your business processes, while automating and simplifying your most time-consuming and difficult tasks.

typical scenerio

Someone in your organization needs to perform a critical task...

• An invoice needs to be generated urgently from an in-house accounting system, to be sent to a key customer whose records exist only in a database somewhere else in the organization.

• A prospective client needs a proposal with pricing and delivery dates for your products or services, but the information regarding your inventory or manufacturing capacity must be calculated from data in several different databases.

…Your company may have commercial or in-house software to help, but the processes involved are still time-consuming and often require specific skills.

The Solution

What if you could integrate and automate even the most complex and time-consuming business processes into simple applications?

EASA allows you to do this - enabling you to deploy custom, time-saving tools to your enterprise without expensive out-sourcing.

Immediate benefits

• Process knowledge is encapsulated in easily accessible custom applications.
• An electronic "paper-trail" of executed processes is automatically ensured.
• Faster processes are enabled - employees no longer have to wait for an ”expert“ to become available.
• Best practices and standards are captured.
• Return on the license costs of commercial applications and databases is increased.
• Return on the development cost of in-house tools and databases is increased.
• In-house and legacy tools are made easily accessible and more usable.
• Long learning-curves are reduced or eliminated for new employees, reducing training costs.

EASA Installation

EASA uses a three-tier architecture, which is fast becoming an industry standard. The EASA software itself is installed on a Windows 2000, NT, or XP server or a Linux server. This server stores the libraries of applications and results, and runs the queuing system. Users communicate with the EASA server via their web browsers (Microsoft Internet Explorer 5.0 or higher or Netscape 6.1 or higher) and a dial-up connection or network connection. EASA drives the underlying software application where it currently resides. EASA supports communications with applications running on Windows, UNIX, or Linux. If you are interested in other operating systems, please contact us.

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