switch your company to succEss

With corporate solutions and products from the Saperion software company

SAPERION. STRONG SOLUTION. SHORT WORK.

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Anyone who wants to have sustainable success in

today’s market has to rely on highly efficient corpo-

rate solutions.

The software developer SAPERION offers success-

oriented companies a high-performance IT platform

for intelligent enterprise content management.

The software products and solutions of SAPERION

support both individual company objectives as well

as comprehensive visions. Always success-oriented.

Always realistic.

For over 20 years it has been our business and our

passion to get the operational processes of nationally

and internationally active companies moving.

By now over 160,000 users worldwide are working

with SAPERION.

Our strength: We develop our products in collabora-

tion with industry experts.

We know what challenges almost every company

must face today.

We know where the shoe pinches in individual indus-

try – and we know which function can solve which

problem.

That is why we can provide you with solutions that fit

your company and your functions.

Treat your company to a partner in success.

SAPERION.

Expand your company succEss – with thEsE strong it solutions

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makE usE of sapErion’s Ecm platform to hElp your company succEEd

1. Get your processes moving

2. Compliance & Co.? Don’t risk any gaps

3. Secure the foundation of your success

4. Simplify your IT landscape

5. Coordinate your processes across borders

6. Save yourself endless and unnecessary searching and distorted communication effects

Master the six basic challenges of everyday

corporate routine:

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sapErion

and procEssEs

+ dirEctory intEgration

EmbeddingtheSAPERIONuserauthentificationincompany-widestructuresandpolicies

+ workflow

Automatedproceduresincl.history,rolemodels,escalations,substitutions,resubmissions

+ mail-basEd workflows

IncreasedproductivitybyintegrationofworkflowfunctionsinHTML-basede-mails,e.g.underOutlook

(e-mailinboxbecomesworkflowinbox)

+ multiplE rElEasEs in thE workflow

Acceleration,sinceseveralSAPERIONworkflowitemscanbereleasedatonce

+ ad-hoc workflow

Spontaneousprocesscanbeorganizedlocallyandarestillcontrollableandcanbereconstructedatanytime

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The optimization of business processes often is the

only way to create real competitive advantages.

SAPERION supports you with suitable functionali-

ties.

Take a critical look at your operation processes.

You can spot incongruities, redundancies? No prob-

lem. Almost 100 options are available to create even

complex processes from scratch and to control them

precisely – with minimum programming effort.

SAPERION shows you shortcuts on the way through

the jungle of your business processes and takes the

boring routine work off your hands. So that you can

concentrate on the exciting part of your work.

whether you want to develop your own optimiza-

tion ideas or have to react quickly to changes in the

marketplace – with the functionalities of SAPERION,

the effi ciency of your business processes can be

improved demonstrably.

This spares your resources, enhances the productiv-

ity of your employees and increases the satisfaction

of your customers.

gEt your procEssEs moving

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CUSTOMERCARE AGENT

RELATIONSHIPSYSTEM

LOANAPPLICATION

SYSTEM

CALLER

CREDIT BUREAU

Placecall

Providepersonal

dataNo

Yes

Identifycaller

Identifycaller

Pre-liminary

screening

Providecreditreport

Pre-liminary

screening

Interviewloan

applicant

Interviewloan

Providepersonal

data

Provideloan need

data

Provideloan need

data

Getrelation-

ship data

Getrelation-

ship data

Updaterelation-

ship data

Updaterelation-

ship data

Enterrelation-

ship data

Enterrelation-

ship dataship data

Enterloan ap-

plication

Enterloan ap-

plication

Scoreappli-

cation

Scoreappli-

cation

Placecall

Providecreditreport

+ cErtifiEd quality

ConformitywithrelevantstandardsofEuropeanjurisdictionconfirmedbyaninternationalauditingcompany

+ finEly coordinatEd lEgal structurE

Flexibleallocationofauthorizations(especiallyimportantforhighlyregulatedareas,suchasthepharmaceutical

industry,thepublicsector)

+ individual ElEctronic signaturEs as wEll as batch signaturEs and vErification

Forcompletelypaper-free,yetlegallycompliantprocesses

+ automatic rEnditions

Forthelong-termarchivingofotherwisevolatiledocumenttypessuchasWord,Exceletc.

+ continuous logging

Seamless“usagelist”fromreceiptofadocumentuptostorageordelivery

+ workflow audit trail is archivEd

Workflowaudittrailremainsaccesiblefortheentiredocumentlifecycle

sapErion and

lEgal sEcurity

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The basic functionality of SAPERION products serves

as an excellent prerequisite to your company for

compliance with relevant legal obligations.

The archiving of all documents is audit-proof, e-mails

are maintained automatically, electronic documents

become legally binding with a digital signature and

the fl exible allocation of rights protects documents

against unauthorized access.

while others get themselves another “island solu-

tion”, you can get your company onto the road to

success with SAPERION’s powerful corporate

solutions and at the same time meet the legal

requirements from compliance to SOX.

Paper is yesterday’s news, today’s business corre-

spondence is fully electronic – and becomes legally

binding with digital signatures by SAPERION.

Link your technical documentation with all relevant

information from the serial number to quality assur-

ance. – it’s very handy – and if there are compensation

claims or product liability claims, you’ll be on the safe

side.

The possibilities of value creation while at the same

time being legally compliant are manifold.

compliancE & co.?don't risk any gaps

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+ E-mail lifEcyclE managEmEnt: Elm ExchangE and Elm notEs

E-mails,asanimportantcomponentofrecordsmanagementinitiatives,canbestoredthroughtheintegratedstorage

architecturetogetherwithallotherdataofacompany(simplestorageoffilestructuresforcustomers,projectsetc.)

+ smartlinks

Linkingofotherwiseseparateinformation(e.g.scannedpagewithe-mail)forquicknavigationand

creationof“knowledgenetworks”

+ flExiblE connEction of diffErEnt storagE systEms

Potentialforcost-optimizations:Long-termstorageoncheaptapesvs.“living”documentsonexpensiveSANs

+ rEplication “built-in”

Safetycopies(mirrors)canbekepton“cost-effective”memory,whiletheproductionsystemisoperatedon

fast(=expensive)memory

sapErion and

it-architEcturE

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The knowledge of a company is the most important

trump card in a competitive marketplace.

Most companies have methods of optimally handling

data available in structured form. The proportion of

these data, however, currently still only amounts to

30 % – with a downward trend.

Unfortunately the unstructured data in documents,

e-mails and other documents are often like a lost

treasure: One hopes that it exists. But you never

know how to fi nd it nor how to recover it.

Saperion’s products offer you the best foundation to

create an information architecture that brings order to

your unstructured data – so that you can use this to

create value just as you can with your structured data.

Leading market research institutes indicate that the

creation of sophisticated information architectures

is currently the most important step to securing the

medium- and long-term success of a company.

Protect the success of your company. Use the creation

of an information architecture as a strategic initiative

to plan your success. SAPERION will be a reliable

partner by your side.

sEcurE thE foundation of your succEss

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+ opEn intErfacEs

SeamlessintegrationintoexistingITlandscapesandprocesses

+ snmp

Unifiedviewofthehardwareandsoftwareinfrastructureofacompany(protectionofinvestment)

+ flExiblE import intErfacE

Allowsforautomatictransferoffilesorprintdataincl.metadatawithgreatflexibilityandspeed

(keyword:batchprocesses)

+ modErn usEr intErfacE

DirectintegrationwithOfficeproductsandSAP®minimizesorientationtimeandincreasesacceptance

+ configurablE wEb cliEnt via html tEmplatEs, css, Javascript

Simpleadaptationtocompanyguidelines,goodexpandability

+ opEn apis

Goodintegrationabilityinexistingsystemlandscapes

sapErion and

standards and

intEropErability

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Have you had enough of installing new applications

in your company that turn out to be completely

incompatible with existing applications?

You’re better off trusting an application that can be

easily integrated in your technology landscape as well

as supports the exchange of information between the

existing systems.

Saperion’s products meet your legitimate demand

for more protection of your investment and fl exible,

integratable and interoperable systems.

The desired functions are integrated into existing

applications via standard interfaces. Your employ-

ees work with trusted, familiar interfaces. And the

integration into enterprise applications allows

SAPERION to act as an interpreter and allocate the

information generated in different applications to

shared processes.

To keep your data safe and usable in case you decide

to work with other systems, SAPERION supports

many standards, including XPDL, WebDAV and JSR

170/283.

simplify your it landscapE

RMI

JNI

SAPERION KERNEL

JSR 283 RMI WEBSERVICES JAVA

JSR CONNECTOR CLASSIC CONNECTOR

APPLICATIONSERVER

BASIS CONNECTOR

CUSTOMER APPLICATIONS

LDAP DATABASEJAVA KERNEL LDAP

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+ distributEd data maintEnancE

Rapidavailabilityofdocumentsatdifferentlocations,worldwideorindifferentbranchoffices/subsidiaries

+ rEplication “built-in”

Loaddistributionandfail-overforlargesystems

+ sapErion intErsErvEr

Keyword“contentintegration”(consolidationofdifferentcontentsources)

+ multi-platform systEm

Simpleimplementation,includinginheterogeneousenvironments

+ ExtEnsivE singlE-workplacE administration

OperationofSAPERIONcanbeorganizedandmonitoredcentrally

+ high throughput

Demonstratedsuitabilityformassdatawithmoderatehardwarerequirements

+ EncryptEd transmission of documEnts

Highlevelsafetyeven“onthewire”

sapErion and

global opErations

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Internationally operating companies and those that outsource their operation processes to other coun-tries need a unifi ed knowledge basis that is accessi-ble from all locations.

“Store centrally, make available locally,” is

SAPERION’s apt motto. The basic structure of

the SAPERION products is stored for the globally

distributed work.

With distributed systems, individual processes can be distributed not just across different department, but also across national borders.

The project manager in Hamburg clicks on the ‘Enter’ button and the teams in Singapore and Brazil work with the document that has just been released.

With SAPERION, every customer support person, mobile worker and telecommuter can become a part of the business process anytime, anywhere – without ever entering his offi ce.

The world continues to turn. The functionalities of SAPERION support the corporate realities of a globalized world .

coordinatE your procEssEs across bordErs

HEADQUARTER-CONFIGURATION

• SAP• MOSS• SAPERION STORAGE / DATABASE

US-CONFIGURATION

• SAP• PRO/E• SAPERION STORAGE / DATABASE

ASIA-CONFIGURATION

• SAPERION CACHE / DATABASE

MOSS

PRO/E

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+ officE intEgration

Direct(legallyvalid)storageinSAPERIONincreasesthefindabilityofinformation

+ built-in softwarE distribution incl. updatE

ClientinstallationisalsowithoutpossibleknowingSAPERION,usergroupscanalreadybeallocatedto

differentfunctionprofilesinthisway

+ autonomy intEgration

ForextensiveandcomplexprojectsinthecontextofWeb2.0andSemanticWeb

+ flExiblE tEmplatE dEsign (using tEmplatE dEsignEr)

Lowadaptationcostsforcompany-ordepartment-specificrequirements

sapErion

and sEarch

tEchnology

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Team work and the search for relevant information are important value-creating tasks in companies.

with SAPERION’s functions, team work becomes

more productive and the search for context-related

information more effi cient.

And this is the best thing: All functions can be integrated easily using standards in your technology environment.

Suitable fi lters and excellent search mechanisms ensure that your search will be successful.Different search possibilities are also available where you can combine depending on what level of insight you are interested in:+ structured search in databases + full-text search in all documents to the level of individual e-mails, including all attachments + search in structured storage areas (Windows Explorer and other folder structures)+ subject-specifi c search agents

Your team work will be supported by the storing of every project-related exchange. Changes and versions can be restored at any time and thus also re-constructed.

savE yoursElf EndlEss and unnEcEssary sEarching and distortEd communication EffEcts

BROKER SERVER

• USER MANAGEMENT• FULLTEXT• RENDERING• DOCUMENT IMPORT• ETC.

DATABASE

DOCUMENT SERVER

• CACHE MANAGEMENT• STORAGE MANAGEMENT• MIRROR FUNCTION • AUDIT LOGGING• ETC.

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AN AlMOST uNlIMITEd ScAlEAblE SySTEM.

You can expand your existing applications very easily

with the functions of the broad SAPERION range. Or

start with one application and then upgrade as you

see fit – all the way to a unified corporate solution.

The carefully coordinated, modular structure makes

this possible.

HIgHEST INTEgRATION AbIlITy wITH STANdARdIzEd INTERfAcES.

SAPERION is a strong spine for your entire IT

infrastructure and with standardized interfaces to

all important systems (e. g. SAP, Microsoft Office,

MOSS, Navision, Baan, Notes) a valuable addition to

your technology landscape.

+ theBusinessApplicationResearchCenter(BARC)givesSAPERIONfirstplaceinallkeycategoriessuchasintegration ability,webfunctionality,integratedprocesscontrol,e-mailarchivingandautomaticindexing+ accordingtotheUSDoculabsreport,SAPERIONonlyholdstopspotsinthecategoriesofgeneralDMSfunctionality andintegrationability,administrationandflexibility,systemsarchitectureande-businessintegration

INTROducINg SAPERION IS A fAST ANd STAblE PROcESS.

You will receive products that can be used right away.

According to the principle: plug in, switch on, and

start. Even though the functional scope of the stand-

ard versions is comprehensive, adaptations to your

individual needs are possible at any time.

NO HIddEN cOSTS ANd ONly MINOR MAINTENANcE REquIREd.

What you have to purchase as an additional “extra”

in most cases, is included in SAPERION’s package:

Script Engine, Jukebox activation, ProcessDesigner,

Security, Protocol etc. The orientation is simple,

since SAPERION can be integrated in known envi-

ronments (e. g. MS Office and SAP).

indEpEndEnt

institutions

praisE thE

quality of

sapErion products

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why sapErion? thErEforE!

+ Youwillreceivefirst-classproductsandsupportallfromonesource.Wewillaccompanyyoualltheway: untileverythingisinitsplace,alltheprocessesworkperfectlyandalltheemployeesknowhowtheywork. Whenwesayweareyourpartnerinsuccess–wemeanit.

HIgHEST fuNcTIONAlITy ON A STAblE PlATfORM.

SAPERION develops many operationally critical ap-

plications itself and offers an installed basic package

that has been tried and tested hundreds of times.

That is why all applications are stable and ideally

coordinated to each other in their functionality.

INcREASEd quAlITy IN EvERy dEPARTMENT.

SAPERION increases productivity and reduces work-

ing hours and costs. Intelligent workflow applications

with a high degree of automation make the proce-

dures in your company measurably more efficient

and lead to rapid reaction times. Your customers will

thank you.

AccESS TO yOuR ENTIRE cOMPANy dOcuMENTS IN A flASH.

All information, documents, procedures are digitally

stored and available at the click of a mouse – exactly

when and where they are needed. That is how em-

ployees can become a part of the business process

anytime, anywhere.

yOuR cONTAcT, AlwAyS NEARby.

With strong partner cooperations across all indus-

tries, we offer you optimum professional availability.

And to also be geographically close to you and save

on additional costs due to travel expenses,

SAPERION AG has competence centres distributed

across Germany as well as internationally.

you havE a

rEliablE partnEr

in succEss

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your company obJEctivEs nEEd our solutions.

You have concrete problems, clear objectives or simply feel that some things could be more efficient in your company?

Then simply contact us, without obligation. We will help you find a solution that suits your company and helps you reach your objectives.

Already, 15 out of 30 DAX-companies trust SAPERION.

when can we switch your company processes to the path to success?

phone: +41 44 365 77-99 e-mail: ch.sales@saperion.com

we look forward to helping your company with our IT solutions.

“no dEscriptions, promisEs, data or spEcifications containEd in this promotional brochurE shall constitutE any rEprEsEntations as to quality or warrantiEs for any particular purposE. thE rEprEsEntations and warrantiEs of thE softwarE shall bE agrEEd in a sEparatE agrEEmEnt.“

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