Microsoft Office SharePoint Server 2007 (MOSS) is Microsoft's integrated server platform that aims to provide web content management, enterprise content services, and enterprise search, as well as business processes and business intelligence dashboarding.

"Connect people, process, and information."

MOSS is fundamentally dedicated to unstructured document storage, structured list storage, and group collaboration.
MOSS provides simple document approvals and basic workflow capabilities using the Windows Workflow Foundation.

SharePoint customers worldwide use PNMsoft's workflow platform to deploy line of business applications that transform SharePoint from a collaboration portal with basic process capabilities into a powerful platform that enables execution of hundreds of business processes at all level of complexity.

SEQUENCE workflow platform enhances MOSS capabilities

SEQUENCE provides both business users and .NET developers with a powerful platform to design, run, manage and optimise business processes that include both human collaboration and integration to back-office systems.

SEQUENCE fills SharePoint's business and technology gaps:

• SharePoint workflow customisation requires programmers to write code. SEQUENCE's workflow wizards automatically generate the code out-of-the box for you.
• SharePoint supports basic workflow scenarios. SEQUENCE supports complex workflows (enterprise workflows).
• SEQUENCE supports complicated scenarios (loops, roll backs, escalations, workload and queues).
• Process design and modelling.
• Dashboards – real-time monitoring to support manager’s decisions, locating operational conflicts, bottlenecks and monitoring business performance.
• Simulation – the ability to ask “What if” questions, optimise processes, forecast and support business decisions in real time.

SEQUENCE can automatically detect, document, and list modifications, initiate approval rotations, create action items via email, display and store information, retrieve data from external systems, and manage the data within SharePoint.
SEQUENCE offers a complete interface with the web parts mechanism integrated into the MOSS. SEQUENCE can automatically detect a new upload from Word to SharePoint, initiate approval rotation, create action items and alerts via email, monitor in Visio, display and store in database rich web forms, retrieve data needed for decision from ERP system and publish the results back to SharePoint.

The ability to present components from SEQUENCE in the organisational portal maintained by MOSS enables organisations to utilize the data management capabilities provided by the MOSS, combined with the process management capabilities offered by SEQUENCE, in one integrated solution. Workflows can be initiated by SharePoint events (new document uploaded into the document library…) and SEQUENCE can update SharePoint document library and list fields thus giving a complete solution to SharePoint integration scenarios.

Our BPM software helps organisations make better decisions by managing the content and processes that drive your business. BPM software enables you to build and sustain competitive advantage by managing content throughout your organisation, automating and streamlining your business processes, and providing the full-spectrum of connectivity needed to simplify your critical and everyday decision-making.

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