Cordys is another workflow tool that allows automation of business processes and assembly of "mashup" web applications (the section devoted to Convertigo gave a short presentation of this category of tools). The exchange of information among team members can be structured and this will result in more reliable process execution. Cordys allows you, for instance, to build forms that participants in a processes can fill out, and then to monitor the execution of the whole process.
The recurring tasks that might benefit from such automation are numerous. Let us mention just the most usual ones: making expense reports, entering activity reports, applying for leave as well as all processes involved in checking or approving any of these.
The Google Apps are used here as building blocks of the system:
The Cordys workflow tool is currently used in the following areas:
- For communication between service providers: white labels, XaaS mashup networks
- In manufacturing: combined with Google Apps, the Cordys tool is used to replace 7,000 specific Lotus Notes applications, used by 30,000 employees of a large enterprise
- For supply chains, it allows real-time tracking on a smartphone
- For local business, it allows small and large companies to integrate within a supply chain using ERP features
- The design of utilities such as smart counters in the Cloud
- For networks of local pharmacies it can help systematize communication between pharmacists and their customers for anything related to recurring prescriptions
CORDYS is distributed on Google Apps Marketplace.