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Concepts of Groupmax

• Groupware transforms your business
• Three reasons for Groupmax's popularity
  • Groupmax is a tool for BPR (Business Process Re-engineering)
  • Groupmax is the backbone of the entire business enterprise
  • Groupmax systems are easy to construct

Groupware transforms your business

Your corporation is competing in the hyper-competitive global marketplace. To cut administration costs, your managers must apply BPR (Business Process Re-engineering). An increasing number of global corporations are applying BPR and turning to Groupware for business solutions. You can use groupware to:

• Exchange data
• Accelerate communication
• Re-engineer your company's business process
• Increase productivity

Many corporations are successfully applying BPR with Hitachi's integrated groupware Groupmax.

Groupmax is a tool for BPR (Business Process Re-engineering)

- Companies are organized hierarchically. You can use Groupmax to manage your data according to the hierarchy of your organization.

The electronic address book and scheduler provide configurable hierarchies.

Groupmax allows you to send e-mail to individuals, groups and entire organizations.

- You can electronically approve your documentation

Groupmax allows you to electronically store the format of your documents.

You can approve documents and then electronically seal them to prevent unauthorized editing.

- You can computerize office tasks and automate workflow

Groupmax allows you to define and automate daily office routines.

You can use the agent facility to personalize work and save time.

- Groupmax supports internet, intranet and extranet services

Once you construct a global network and automate the global workflow, you can quickly assign tasks to your branch offices and exchange data with your overseas clients and employees. You can also automate the workflow between other corporations and create a multi-corporate system.

- Groupmax is the center of the corporate information system

You can use Groupmax to create a new corporate information system. Use Groupmax to combine your on-line transaction system and databases. For example, you can integrate a mainframe system into Groupmax to automate the execution of transactions and visually display the work-flow.

- Groupmax can be the back bone of your global messaging

Groupmax supports electronic-messaging standards, such as X400, SMTP (MIME), LDAP and MAPI. You can integrate various software and construct a messaging platform.

- Groupmax can bundle all the data scattered throughout your company

All your employees save time. Groupmax users can immediately exchange data and immediately search for documents.

- You can use the GUI to quickly construct the Groupmax system

You can use the visual interface of Groupmax to develop a work-flow system which can be easily viewed. You can create various systems including systems for processing electric documents (Form), systems for automating tasks (Workflow), and systems for simulating work-flow (Simulation).

- Groupmax provides a wide variety of sample templates

Groupmax provides various templates (application samples) which you can use to develop new systems. You can download a demo template from the Internet.

- Groupmax provides a wide variety of business solutions

Hitachi also provides business solutions with Groupmax - total solutions such as consulting, system construction, and technical instruction. Hitachi also provides applications which you can integrate with Groupmax to suit your needs.