K-Point platform

K-Point is the platform created for streamlining of collecting and data analysis on business processes which are not processed by industrial automation systems and traditionally conducted in separate files of Excel (for example, purchasing requests, sales plans, holding polls of branches or partners, approval of marketing efforts, forms of collection of data on working time, results of employee assessment, etc.).

2019

K-Point|Management of instructions

On September 5, 2019 Corus Consulting Group announced entry into the market "to K-Point|Management of instructions", the complete solution for automation of process of work and control of execution of tasks developed on the K-Point BPM platform.

"K-Point|Management of instructions" helps to register, approve, plan and delegate tasks, to control terms and the course of their execution. Distribution of access to files and instructions is configured in full accordance with a role model of users. The solution is created on the K-Point platform intended for collecting of separate data and automation of cross-industry processes of the company and can be integrated with the systems of the business analysis, reporting, staff list and other external data sources. Also if necessary it is possible to configure process of regular ETL data exchange. Thus, it allows to maintain effectively a register of tasks, acting as uniform access point to information for employees.

Among basic functions of the solution there is a creation of instructions with an opportunity to connect them with protocols and other tasks, appointment to the contractor with indication of accomplishment term, reassignment and delegation, audit of the entered data, monitoring of execution and processing of the entering and outgoing tasks.

A system allows to trace history of events and change of the statuses – from creation before archiving. For convenience of users "K-Point|Management of instructions" gives the chance to collect and prepare data for unloading in BI systems and also to create reports in formats for an output to the screen or unloadings in the form of files and archives.

We wanted to create the simple solution for centralized operation by the entering and outgoing instructions and their monitoring. As a result the developed module minimizes the risks connected with errors or loss of information and improves performing discipline of employees due to transparency and visualization of works on tasks, speaks Angelina Mikhina, the head K-Point of CORUS Consulting Group

"K-Point|Collecting of soglasiya on personal data processing"

On May 29, 2019 the CORUS Consulting company presented the solution allowing to control collecting of soglasiya on personal data processing.

In RUSSIAN FEDERATION processing and storage personal data it is regulated 152-FZ "About personal data". According to the legislation only the subject of personal data can make the decision on providing information on himself – for this purpose he should give the consent. Without this action any storage and use of personal data is direct violation of the law and involves considerable penalties.

According to the developer, the main purpose of the presented solution "K-Point|Collecting of soglasiya on personal data processing" – to help the companies to observe requirements of the legislation and at the same time not to change internal business processes during the work with data of clients, suppliers, employees and any other subjects.

"K-Point|Collecting of soglasiya on personal data processing" allows to organize the unified register of data on collecting of soglasiya in the web interface with differentiation of access rights, assigning the unique tracking number of the status on each of subjects. A system fixes the date of receipt of consent for the automatic notification on the term of its termination and deletes personal data from base in the absence of confirmation from the client. In need of tracking of paper option of consent K-Point offers a form printability with the barcode. For convenience of work of the employees who are on departure the mobile application allowing to digitize quickly consent is provided, noted in Corus Consulting.

As the solution is implemented based on the cross-industry K-Point platform, it can be used in the different industries and also is integrated with internal information systems, in particular, with the CRM system, the developer claims.

"Consent to personal data processing should be formulated fully and specifically, not to raise doubts in its existence and also to be in safety for the entire period of action. We understand all importance of a compliance with law about personal data for our clients and made so that the solution on K-Point most fully closed all requirements of the regulator". Angelina Mikhina, head "K-Point" of department of analytical solutions of CORUS Consulting Group

"K-Point|Collecting and data preparation for BI"

On April 22, 2019 CORUS Consulting Group announced creation of the solution on the K-Point platform allowing to organize, arrange and automate processes of data collection, necessary for the systems of the business analysis.

The solution K-Point|Collecting and data preparation for BI allows business to obtain data from internal IT systems which employees collected manually earlier. Treat approval of planned targets for different planning horizons such tasks, collecting of indicators on the held events and their results for reporting in a BI system and also information input about incidents, non-staff situations, idle times and defects on production for the analysis of influence of such events on production and financial performance.

K-Point|Collecting and data preparation for BI has potential in the field of process control of data collection. The solution has flexible configuration of the rules and entry forms which are most adapted to a specific situation and allows to appoint terms and responsible for input, check and the approval of data. At the same time information input is simplified due to substitutions of handbook data, calculation and check of derivative indicators.

Also the tool provides to the company uniform data source and requests for up-to-date information that allows to control completeness of the collected data, to manage reference books and to configure the formalized checks for the entered data.

"We continue to develop functionality based on the K-Point platform, helping the companies to overcome technical restrictions and as a result to receive necessary and exact result. Solution K-Point Angelina Mikhina, head "K-Point" of department of analytical solutions of CORUS Consulting Group

2017

Solution development "K-Point|Votes and polls"

Corus Consulting Group developed a product for operational adoption of collective solutions — "K-Point|Votes and polls". A system is implemented on the K-Point BPM platform.

A system completely automates process of adoption of many collective solutions. With its help it is possible to hold internal and absentee, open and anonymous votings, to create lists of questions and participants, to fix an order and terms for polls.

Process is organized in several stages. The organizer of vote or poll configures settings and terms of an event and also the notification for participants. In the planned terms a system notifies all participants, automatically checks for correctness data in questionnaires and closes a session. When process comes to the end, a system prepares the protocol and sends results to all participants. Data on polls and votes can be transferred to corporate storage. Accumulated information will allow to build different analytical reports on the carried-out questioning.

The world promptly changes therefore to business it is critical that important collective decisions were made simply, quickly and without delays. But in most the companies such processes are not automated, are conducted in mail, by phone, in messengers that can become a barrier to implementation of many promising ideas. Our solution will help the companies to collect and analyze all opinions on topical issues with ease, to quickly make decisions and to analyze the events — Angelina Mikhina, the head BPM of department of BI of Corus Consulting Group emphasized.

WaveAccess — the partner in development of the BPM platform

The WaveAccess IT company and Corus Consulting Group announced on October 16, 2017 strategic partnership in the field of development of the K-Point BPM platform. Within the agreement of WaveAccess as the authorized partner Korus Konsaltinga will offer implementation services, setup and support of K-Point for the Russian companies.

As noted, WaveAccess has wealth of experience in the field of business process automation, assessment and implementation of BPM solutions. In particular, the company developed and implemented a number of solutions based on K-Point for automation of internal processes of the company.

K-Point is the multifunction platform for systematization of collecting and data analysis which are not processed by industrial automation systems and are traditionally conducted in separate files [Excel]. The platform helps to reduce the number of routine transactions. It is distinguished by uniform and clear structure of information storage in base, short term of implementation, customizability and ease of use. Corus Consulting develops the existing functionality of a system, including for implementation of specific requirements of customers in the field of personnel management, purchases, holding polls, requirements gathering and others.

We see big perspectives of application of K-Point in such industries as retail, logistics, construction, in the financial sector. We will offer customers not only integration and the K-Point setup, but also custom solutions based on a BPM system. We hope that the agreement with Korus Konsaltinga will bring our long-term cooperation to new level — the operating and commercial director of WaveAccess Andrey Nizovsky told.

K-Point solution development|Purchase management

Corus Consulting Group announced on August 28, 2017 development of own solution K-Point|Purchase management for flexible management by all purchasing processes of the uniform center.

Untimely receipt of information on requirements of divisions, inconsistency of their actions and large number of manual transactions at approval and the organization of purchases often lead to an inefficient expense of budgets and failure to meet time constraints of deliveries. K-Point|Purchase management will help to select reliable partners, timely and economically to satisfy customers needs.

In the interface of the K-Point BPM system all tools for fast formation of purchase plans are assembled: on the basis of separate requirements it is possible to create a unified plan of purchases, to approve it with all necessary divisions, to check for a limit of financing and to monitor execution of the plan. At the same time a part of necessary legal and booking data can automatically gather through the configured process of the organization and execution of purchases. The specialized block for management of the expanded reference book by partners which consolidates information from questionnaires on their readiness to work at conditions of the customer and the previous similar experience helps to select suppliers. Also a system ranges suppliers on the set processing rules received from these data sources.

The tool for management of documentation which gives the chance to appoint responsible, to store documents on each position of the plan, to control completeness of sets of documents and the statuses of their readiness allows to minimize risks of failure to meet time constraints of the organization of procurement procedures. Also the tool can simplify activity of procurement commissions — additional settings can help with management of diagrams of meetings, inform on important points of the organization of purchases, notify on stages of preparation of the tender documentation, conduct surveys of interested persons through votes and automatically create protocols.

K-Point on the basis of which the new solution is created is the flexible tool with the intuitive interface. K-Point Purchase management will help all who work with purchasing processes — from contractors before top management: will undertake a part of sample tasks and will make planning simpler. The useful tool for heads — control of the organization and execution of process — allows to assess a situation and to control work of divisions in read minutes — Angelina Mikhina, the head BPM of department of BI of Corus Consulting Group emphasized.

2015: There was mobile version of the K-Point platform

On August 12, 2015 the CORUS Consulting group developed mobile version of the K-Point platform intended for business process automation of collecting, approval and data analysis.

The mobile application of K-Point created by specialists of Corus Consulting helps to increase efficiency and to provide the high speed of data collection. Feature of the application - it is possible to work with it in the absence of Internet access – sending data to uniform storage can be executed later.

Additional opportunities of mobile application - preserving of data in uniform storage of the K-Point platform, representation collected given in different formats and account.

"Broad functionality of the platform allows to use it for work in the different industries – from retail before production – in which the possibility of mobile data access is especially relevant in the conditions of modern dynamics of business. We are sure that mobile version for K-Point, already available under the operating system iOS, will allow the companies to manage effectively key business processes and it is essential to reduce time for implementation of a number of different transactions at the expense of a possibility of solving of tasks from the screen of the mobile device", - Alexey Sverdlov, the head "Budgeting" of department of CPM of CORUS Consulting Group noted.

2014

Possibilities of the K-Point platform on automation

(Data are relevant for January, 2014)

• Web forms for data collection. K-Point are a tool for quick, simple implementation of forms for data collection. Purchasing requests, sales plans, forms of a time recording, results of employee assessment, requests for creation of a vacancy, and many others can be sources. Often data on such processes are supported in separate files of Excel that significantly complicates their collecting and the further analysis. At the same time implementation of the industrial systems requires a progressive tense and big investments. In this case application of K-Point can provide the fast and inexpensive solution for many of the tasks connected with collecting and approval of data.

• Standardization of reference books. K-Point will help quickly, to create a uniform data model without the need for programming. Using the web forms constructed on uniform reference books further it is possible to increase the level of accuracy of the data in applications of users, reducing risks of errors in reports, to reduce labor input of the processes connected with collecting and reconciliation of data. Using the instrument of creation of a data model K-Point Modeler and standard means which is built in K-Point DBMS Microsoft SQL Server, there is an opportunity quickly and just to implement import and export of reference books to K-Point to external systems (ERP 1C other).

• Process management. Using the visual management tool K-Point Workflow business processes, it is real - to refuse approval of the tables of Excel given in a format and to pass to more transparent and managed approval process. The software platform of K-Point provides opportunities for implementation of the difficult regulations considering an organization structure of the company, cost of the purchased services and goods, etc. the conditions considered by rules of approval.

• Team interaction. Using a software platform of K-Point there is an opportunity in the shortest possible time to provide to users the tool for monitoring of business processes. Notifications on new requests, requests requiring attention, the requests executed. All data are available to the user on the screen of "home page" K-Point. Using the settings configured in the visual K-Point Modeller interface quickly and just the events requiring notifications of users by e-mail are defined. Receiving a request from the colleague or other user, the employee can process it independently or delegate accomplishment to other colleague - K-Point provides the interaction environment on the basis of one database.

Announcement of the K-Point platform

On January 20, 2014 the CORUS Consulting company announced replenishment of the product line a new software platform of K-Point.

Description

K-Point will help quickly, without programming to create a data model, to implement web forms of data collection and to configure regulations of approval. It allows to increase significantly the level of accuracy of the information, to reduce risks of errors in reports, to reduce labor input of the processes connected with collecting and data validation.

The visual management tool business processes of K-Point Workflow which provides opportunities for implementation of difficult regulations which rules of approval can consider an organization structure of the company, the cost of the purchased services and goods and other conditions is composition. The tool allows the user to refuse approval of the separate tables of Excel given in a format and to pass to more transparent and managed approval process "in one window".

Infrastructure for preparation

During use of a system heads can provide to key users access to monitoring of business processes. Users, in turn, can configure obtaining notifications on key events (new requests, requests of the special importance, the executed requests, etc.) in a system and from the electronic message at once to follow the link to viewing necessary data. Receiving a request from other user, the employee can process it independently or delegate accomplishment.

Interface of the designer

"For more than ten-year term of work of the CPM direction in Corus Consulting we created a broad spectrum of solutions for budgeting and consolidation of the reporting based on products of a set of authoritative vendors among which there are Oracle, Adaptive Planning, Jedox Palo. K-Point will be able to complement our product line with means for budget performance monitoring as the functionality of the platform includes an important option - a possibility of approval of requests for expenditure of budgets. The universality and an opportunity to easily adapt the platform for needs of specific industry is important. For example, when using K-Point in the field of retail implementation of the whole complex of processes will become possible: holding polls of regional branches, control over accomplishment of actions for increase in efficiency of the lagging behind shops, control over observance of target rates at lease treaty extension, etc. Besides, a system has the intuitive interface and convenient customizers - creation of a demo prototype of any necessary business process requires no more than several hours", - Yulia Makarova, the area director of CPM of CORUS Consulting Group noted.

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