AmerisourceBergen Recognized for Business Process Management Initiatives Built on Metastorm BPM

BALTIMORE, Oct. 5 /PRNewswire/ -- Metastorm, a leading provider of Business Process Management (BPM), Business Process Analysis (BPA), and Enterprise Architecture (EA) software for aligning strategy with execution, today announced that its customer AmerisourceBergen Corporation has been named runner-up in the 2010 Business Agility and Process Optimization Enabled by BPM and SOA contest, for its success in implementing business process initiatives using the Metastorm BPM® software platform.  

AmerisourceBergen has created a Center of Excellence to govern its BPM initiatives, and the company has deployed over 200 processes on the Metastorm BPM platform. The company has saved millions of dollars to date by improving mission-critical processes such as its contracts and chargebacks process.  Most recently, AmerisourceBergen leveraged Metastorm BPM to extend and augment its new SAP implementation.

The Business Agility and Process Optimization Enabled by BPM and SOA contest is co-sponsored by the BPM/SOA community, BPTrends, ebizQ, and SearchSOA, with the goal of highlighting business success stories and lessons learned to provide proof points and insights for other organizations considering or pursuing BPM, SOA or combined BPM-SOA adoption.

AmerisourceBergen is one of the world's largest pharmaceutical services companies serving the United States, Canada and selected global markets, and works closely with manufacturers of branded pharmaceuticals, generic pharmaceuticals, biotech and specialty drugs, over-the-counter remedies, and health and beauty aids.

"Selecting an effective business process management tool was key to helping AmerisourceBergen achieve the business agility and efficiency it needs to remain a market leader," said Manoj Kumar, business process automation manager for AmerisourceBergen. "Metastorm BPM has enabled AmerisourceBergen to gain greater transparency, significant cost-savings and improved productivity across the enterprise."

About Metastorm Inc.

With a focus on enterprise visibility, resource optimization, efficiency and agility, Metastorm offers market-leading software for enterprise and business architecture (EA), business process analysis (BPA), and business process management (BPM). As an integrated product portfolio, Metastorm Enterprise allows organizations to improve business results by better aligning strategy with execution. By combining the power of these three disciplines onto a common platform, Metastorm is helping organizations worldwide focus on the right business improvements, instill stronger governance, and accelerate time to value. For more information and success stories on organizations powering strategic advantage with Metastorm Enterprise, visit www.metastorm.com.

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