iGrafx product Overview

Micromail can supply all products from the igrafx range:

1. iGrafx 2007
2. iGrafx FlowCharter 2007
3. iGrafx Process 2007
4. iGrafx Process for Six Sigma 2007
5. iGrafx Process Central 2007
6. iGrafx Enterprise Central & Enterprise Modeler 2007
7. iGrafx BPEL Interface 2007
8. iGrafx IDEF0 2007

iGrafx 2007

What's new in 2007

iGrafx continues to deliver leading business process modeling and analysis solutions with the release of iGrafx® 2007. New features dramatically streamline users ability to document and model business and IT processes in support of organizational strategies and goals.

The combination of the following new features allows organizations to become more agile in understanding and managing the improvement of critical business processes:

Enterprise Modeling

Improved Resource Modeling

Availability - Qualify resources by both schedule and availability percentage. Model periodic and unscheduled resource downtimes

Skill Level - Acquire resources by skill level or express task duration times by resource skill level

Resource Constraints - Qualify how and when resources are used according to user-defined rules

Alternative Resources - Model activities where any of multiple resources can perform the task

Acquisition Groups - Commonly used sets of resources are defined once and then referenced where needed. Reduce modeling time by reusing common resource teams

Model Infrastructure Support

In addition to modeling human resources, you can now describe how IT resources support your processes and analyze their resource contentions; enabling you to accurately model your enterprise. Define resources such as:

• Printers
• Software
• Systems
• other infrastructure components

Model Organization Hierarchy

Describe organization hierarchy, roles, responsibilities, groups, pools, and individuals.

• Allocate resources to their appropriate roles and organization units
• Build a clear picture of the human resource structure of an enterprise
• Update swimlane names in multiple processes from the resource model
• Assign RACI (Responsible, Accountable, Consulted, Informed) cross-functional responsibilities

Exchange Resource Models

Export and import resource models using XML enabling you to use it in a separate model created by you or others in your organization

Shared Resource Model*

Reuse organization elements across multiple models. Build consistent models and speed development.

iGrafx® FlowCharter™ is the most full-featured, easiest to use process analysis and modeling tool available to help organizations understand and improve business processes. A graphical representation of processes allows people to easily comprehend information and quickly focus on the bottlenecks and issues in a process. Far more robust than generic charting products, iGrafx FlowCharter is the entry point in the iGrafx family of process excellence software solutions.

Easily Create:

• Flowcharts
• Process Maps
• Swimlane® Diagrams
• Value Stream Maps
• Cause & Effect Diagrams
• FMEA Spreadsheets
• Pick Charts
• SIPOC Charts
• BPMN Diagrams
• BPEL Exports*
• Customized Templates
• Network Diagrams
• Organization Charts

iGrafx Flowcharter 2007 for Windows

iGrafx® Process™ is the most full-featured, easy to use process analysis and simulation tool available to help organizations understand and improve their processes. iGrafx Process provides all of the functionality in iGrafx® FlowCharter™ plus discrete event simulation which allows the user to perform dynamic process analysis.

Easily Create

• Flowcharts
• Process Maps
• Swimlane® Diagrams
• Value Stream Maps
• Cause & Effect Diagrams
• FMEA Spreadsheets
• Pick Charts
• SIPOC Diagrams
• BPMN Diagrams
• BPEL Exports
• Customized Templates
• Resource Modeling
• Discrete Event Simulation
• "What-If" Analysis
• Tabular & Graphical Reports

iGrafx Process 2007 for Windows

iGrafx® Process™ for Six Sigma is the most full-featured, easy to use process analysis and simulation tool available and is specifically designed to help Six Sigma professionals understand and improve their processes. iGrafx Process for Six Sigma provides all of the functionality in iGrafx® FlowCharter™ and iGrafx® Process™ plus integration with Minitab® and JMP® to run Rapid Design of Experiments, log simulation results, as well as other features.

Easily Create:

• Flowcharts
• Process Maps
• Swimlane® Diagrams
• Value Stream Maps
• Cause & Effect Diagrams
• FMEA Spreadsheets
• Pick Charts
• SIPOC Diagrams
• BPMN Diagrams
• BPEL Exports
• Customized Templates
• And More...
• Plus
• Integration with Minitab® and JMP®
• Discrete Event Simulation
• Resource Modeling
• "What-If" Analysis
• Tabular & Graphical Reports

iGrafx® Process Central® is a server software solution that helps organizations to be more productive and efficient in developing, documenting and communicating business process improvements. Through its central repository, Process Central stores, manages and distributes all process initiative information. iGrafx Process Central works with the entire iGrafx family of process excellence client solutions.

Ideal for organizations engaged in:

• Six Sigma
• Lean
• BPM Initiatives
• Sarbanes-Oxley Compliance
• ISO Registration
• BASEL II Compliance
• Business Process Improvement
• Total Quality Management

Enterprise Central

iGrafx® Enterprise Central™ is an enterprise modeling solution that aligns company processes, resources, and systems with corporate goals and strategies. iGrafx Enterprise Central includes iGrafx Process Central and enables compliance management, risk management, enterprise architecture and quality improvement initiatives. Through data integration and visual workflows, organizations develop comprehensive organizational models with multidimensional views of business processes, supporting systems, technology components and resources.

Ideal for organizations engaged in:

• Enterprise Modeling
• Enterprise Architecture
• SOX Compliance
• IT Governance
• Risk Management
• Business Continuity
• Quality Management
• Six Sigma
• Lean Manufacturing
• ISO Certification
• Business Process Management

The BPEL interface for iGrafx is a powerful, easy to use model driven BPEL generator that provides independence from the underlying execution engine for complete process portability and perpetuation, freeing you to adapt to a changing enterprise software market.

The iGrafx BPEL interface is an extension to any of the iGrafx process analysis and modeling products and is designed for IT departments deploying business processes in an execution environment. Business analysts can easily create process maps and models using methods such as swimlane and Business Process Modeling Notation (BPMN) diagrams. IT professionals can then add detail that further defines the interactions with messages and partners. The process map is then mapped together with any required external Web Service Definition Language (WSDL) definitions to create valid, deployment-ready BPEL.

Grafx® IDEF0® is an add-on environment for the iGrafx family of process modeling solutions that enables users to create fully compliant IDEF0 diagrams. With features such as model templates, model setup wizard and correct-by-construction rules enforcement, you can focus on capturing the details of your processes and spend less time learning a new tool.

IDEF0 is ideal for:

• IDEF0 Professionals
• Aerospace
• Financial Services
• Government
• ISO Registration

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