Companies rethink airline ticketing

Active Endpoints and SoftConEx have unveiled a combined offering of the companies' ActiveVOS Business Process Management System (BPMS) and Travice products that updates business processes for airline ticket consolidators, travel portal owners and business travel service companies, says Earth Times.

Today, airline ticket global distribution systems (GDSs) like Amadeus, WorldSpan, Sabre and Galileo offer users programmatic access via low-level Web services.

However, these Web services represent only a portion of automation required by an airfare consolidator or large business travel company and, of course, the low-level services differ from GDS to GDS.

Australian energy company Arrow Energy will automate its business processes by partnering with online workflow software provider, Web and Flo, reports NewsMaker.

Arrow is currently on target to achieve 400% growth within five years. The company expects to efficiently manage its projected growth by automating all business processes.

Arrow's internal control and risk analyst, Kevin Fraikin, said Web and Flo's workflow software aligned well with the company's implementation of Lean Production.

GE Fanuc Intelligent Platforms, a unit of GE Enterprise Solutions, revealed that Sabic Innovative Plastics is implementing the company's work process management software system, Proficy Workflow, in its Lexan factory in the Netherlands, reports Reuters.

Sabic Innovative Plastics will use the system to connect and organise people and work processes to drive Lean production initiatives - easing decision-making on the plant floor and reducing costs.

Sabic Innovative Plastics works around the globe, offering solutions to design needs in virtually every manufacturing arena.