ARIS Platform from IDS Scheer Features APQC Process Classification Framework

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APQC’s reference models enable ARIS users to benefit from streamlined process design and evaluation based on best practice standards and benchmarking

Saarbrücken, March 22, 2010

APQC’s reference models enable ARIS users to benefit from streamlined process design and evaluation based on best practice standards and benchmarking

Successful business process improvement requires identifying system weaknesses and effective use of expert knowledge to eliminate the sources of errors and quickly find solutions. This knowledge is contained in compressed form in ARIS reference models, which are based on long experience and lessons learned from a host of companies that have faced—and overcome—similar challenges.

APQC is a leading benchmarking and best practices research firm for performance analytics, process optimization and knowledge management. Integration of the APQC-developed Process Classification Framework into the ARIS Platform gives all ARIS users an important tool that provides a results-oriented view of their processes and leads to an effective, high-quality business model.

The PCF is used to identify and improve the entire range of business workflows, including product design, manufacture, shipping, and support. Initially developed in 1992 by APQC and a group of member organizations, the PCF has continued to evolve to meet the needs of organizations throughout the world. It is updated semi-annually to reflect new enterprise categories, processes, definitions and key performance indicators. All versions of the PCFs organize operating and management processes into 13 enterprise-level categories, including process groups and more than 1,500 processes and associated activities. The PCF serves as the foundation for APQC’s Open Standards benchmarking research providing a continually updated database of metrics across processes.

"With APQC, we have found a partner committed to optimizing all business processes by means of performance analysis, evaluation and analysis of best practices and knowledge management," says Georg Simon, Senior Vice President Product & Solution Management. "Integrating the PCF into our ARIS Platform will give our international customer base direct access to the valuable research results of this independent organization, enabling them to quickly design high-quality processes."

"For over 17 years, APQC's Process Classification Framework has served as the organizing structure and common language to enable thousands of organizations worldwide to make apples-to-apples comparisons and to develop process improvement plans. Executing these processes better than everyone else is what separates superior performers-and superior earners-from the competition," said Cathy Hill, director global alliances for APQC. "We are excited to work with IDS Scheer to integrate our business process framework into the ARIS Platform."

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About IDS Scheer

IDS Scheer is part of the Software AG Group and a leading provider of Business Process Management (BPM) software, solutions and services for corporations and public organizations worldwide. With the ARIS Platform for Process Excellence, the company offers an integrated, comprehensive solution portfolio for the strategy, design, implementation and controlling of business processes; allowing companies to continuously improve their overall business performance. Utilizing the ARIS Value Engineering (AVE) approach, IDS Scheer consultants bridge the gap between corporate strategy, business processes, IT solutions and process controlling

About Software AG

Software AG is the global leader in Business Process Excellence. Our 40 years of innovation include the invention of the first high-performance transactional database, Adabas; the first business process analysis platform, ARIS; and the first B2B server and SOA-based integration platform, webMethods.We are unique in offering the world’s only end-to-end – and easiest to use – business process management (BPM) solutions, with the lowest Total-Cost-of-Ownership. Our industry-leading brands, ARIS, webMethods, Adabas, Natural and IDS Scheer Consulting, represent a unique portfolio for: process strategy, design, integration and control; SOA-based integration and data management; process-driven SAP implementation; and strategic process consulting and services.Software AG had revenues of € 847 million (IFRS, unaudited) in 2009 and has more than 6,000 employees serving 10,000 enterprise and public institution customers across 70 countries. Our comprehensive software and services solutions allow companies to continuously achieve their business results faster. The company is headquartered in Germany and listed on the Frankfurt Stock Exchange (TecDAX, ISIN DE 0003304002 / SOW).

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