Appian boosts treasury BPM

Appian has won a contract worth $10 million from the US Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC) to expand the OCC's use of Appian's business process management (BPM) suite, says Washington Technology.

The publication says, the OCC, an agency of the Treasury Department, oversees the execution of laws relating to all national banks, and establishes rules and regulations governing the operations of those banks.

The new contract covers the creation and roll-out of the BPM-based Central Application Tracking System, known as CATS, that will automate the submission and processing of the paper-based licensing and regulatory filings that US commercial banks submit to the OCC, it adds.

Global BPM Software vendor Singularity has enabled Audi Volkswagen Middle East (AVME) to achieve efficiency improvements, including enhanced management control, lower costs, greater transparency and much reduced paperwork, writes PR Web.

AVME had previously purchased a business process management system from a competitor of Singularity. Despite this, AVME decided to acquire a replacement system to achieve further improvements to its local purchasing system and to increase its quality and control of procurement.

AVME required a user-friendly, easy-to-use platform that did not require programming skills or high levels of technical expertise in-house. It chose Singularity, ahead of several competitors, to supply a BPM system that would be used for local purchasing orders. The company says the system works with their existing Microsoft and other systems, including SAP, and enhances the operating capacity of those legacy systems.

Accenture continues to broaden its portfolio of BPM services with its acquisition of Knowledge Rules, a consulting company that implements and integrates business solutions based on Pegasystems' BPM software, states Integration Developer News.

The addition of a new suite of Pegasystems-focused capabilities aom to help expand in US and European markets, according to Paul Daugherty, Accenture's chief technology architect. Accenture's BPM practice currently helps clients develop and operate scalable, efficient and agile business processes so they can operate more effectively and increase revenue, he adds.

“Pegasystems is one of the fastest-growing software providers and is a recognised leader in the automation of BPM-based solutions.”