docas[control]

Single point of control for the output production environment through rule-based process control.

docas[control] is a Java-based standard software solution for the modelling, visualisation, administration, control and monitoring of output management processes. On the basis of business-rule technologies, procedural conditions can be defined and monitored in graphic form, making scripting obsolete.

docas[control] brings structure to the production environment. Central monitoring of all processes, modelling and supervision of the defined procedures and integration into the operational IT systems and installations uncover and exploit the hidden potential for productivity in the output management environment.

Overview

• Traffic-lights system, offering a visual opportunity for intervention, depending on the error.
• Parallelisation and any type of nesting of business processes and sub-processes.
• The possibility of integration with existing systems and installations (such as packaging machines etc.)
• Graphic modelling of business processes
• Process design language (UML)
• Multi-client capability
• Automatic document generation in readable form
• Web-user interface for runtime monitoring of processes
  

Typical starting position for output management

• Isolated systems which typically do not provide a complete overview of all the production-related information
• No multi-client capability
• Tight production cycles (monthly, quarterly and annual financial statements)
• Adherence to service level agreements
• Scripting of the output processes
  

How does docas[control] address the above points?

• Graphic, transparent modelling of the output processes
• Seamless integration with all surrounding systems and installations
• Multi-client capability
• Efficient planning and execution of production cycles
• Concept for efficient rollback or reprint
  

Furthermore, docas[control] offers the following opportunities for structuring the production environment more efficiently:

• Total logging of activities, warnings and error messages
• Export of logs (HTML) and accounting information (XML)
• Dynamic allocation of jobs
• Sub-processes for reuse
• Warnings can be issued on various channels (e.g. console, e-mail, logs, etc.)
• Several parallel instances of the same process
• Process ticketing
• Based on Java technology, and thus cross-platform capable