Agile Operations Execution System

What accounting systems do for moneyOpsStream does for work

What is OpsStream? Operations Execution System

• A new category of business systems Focus is on the doing of work Ideal tool for achieving agility Industry-agnostic: can help any

kind of business

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OpsStream DoesDoes for work what accounting does for money

Helps your business and employees “do”

What accounting systems do for money OpsStream does for work

OpsStream Provides Real-Time Operational Truth

Agility:Flexibility married to consistency

Consistently meet any operational requirement

Custom-fit Automation without Custom Programming

Operations Data

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OpsStream Goals Centralize and secure data

• Eliminate need for tribal knowledge and Excel Tell workers what to do, when

• Help them do their jobs according to defined processes Provide real-time status

• Quantify operations with dashboards, analytics, audit trail

On-the-fly configuration• Meet emerging requirements with no downtime or

consultancy fees Compliance

• Internal, regulatory, certification, etc.

DO!OpsStream is all about doing the work

Who, what when, how

Make it easy to do

MonitorAnalyze

What accounting systems do for money OpsStream does for work

Product Positioning

Business Management Systems

Accounting / ERPOperations ManagementCRMMRP / Mfg.

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Accounting provides:Historical record of transactions

OpsStream provides:Present, future and past view of “doing”

Prescriptive assignment of work

Information necessary to do work

What accounting systems do for money OpsStream does for work

Traditional Category Goals

Accounting MRP / Mfg. CRM

Transaction ledgers

What materials to buy?

Who can I sell to?

Inventory levels

What to make? Who are my customers?

Receivables Labor cost What have they bought?

Payables BOM / Parts needed

What’s their history with me?

Financial Statements

What’s Missing?Doing the work!Tracking the work!Improving the work!

What accounting systems do for money OpsStream does for work

Traditional Vendors by Category

Accounting MRP / Mfg. CRM

Great Plains May be module Salesforce.com

JD Edwards Fourth Shift Microsoft

SAP JobBoss SAP

Oracle Financials

Epicor Vista Oracle

MAS 90 / 200 E2 Shop Systems

Sage

Quickbooks MISys SugarCRM

NetSuite BatchMaster NetSuite

MISSING: Who does operations management systems???

Custom-fit Automation without Custom Programming

Where are the Operations Execution vendors?

Some industry-specific software• Practice management software• ERP for packaging & printing: Radius Solutions• Homebuilding: BuildPro

Some custom software Some recent interest in CRM (XRM) Mostly manual!

• Excel spreadsheets for data• Email folders• Business Intelligence to try to fill in the gaps

No off-the shelf software that aims to be a non-industry-specific operations execution system!

Custom-fit Automation without Custom Programming

Why no direct competitor? Debits and credits are easy,

universal Operations are complex and highly

specialized Requires innovative disruptive

technology and approach• It is impossible to create a general-purpose

operations automation system with traditional approaches to business system technology

• Inertia of status quo resists innovation

OpsStream was built from the ground up for one purpose:

Streamline Operations

Custom-fit Automation without Custom Programming

Agile Operations System Centralized operations data

• Eliminate dependence on spreadsheets and Access databases

• Securely grant access to appropriate parties Automates core operations

• Tells workers what needs to be done• Tracks what has been done• Manages all needed data

Real-time and analytical tracking• Real time status of work and departments• Operational audit trail• Analytical view of operations

Agility Means:LeanLow-cost Just-in-time FlexibilityEfficiencyVisibilityEmpowerment

Custom-fit Automation without Custom Programming

Agile Operations Requires

Results:Greater EfficiencyGreater Agility Increased QualityReduced CostReduced RiskTransparencyScalability

Custom-fit Automation without Custom Programming

Easy Access to Information Well-Understood Procedures Accurate Metrics Managed Exceptions Flexibility for Rapid Change

OpsStream Approach

What accounting systems do for money OpsStream does for work

OpsStream vs. Custom Development: Less risk Less cost Shorter time to

deployment More functionality Easier to support Less reliance on

requirements definition

Extensible through configuration

Focused start Continuous improvement Low cost Immediate benefit

Agile Operations

Results:Greater EfficiencyGreater Agility Increased QualityReduced CostTransparencyScalability

What accounting systems do for money OpsStream does for work

Lean Low Cost Flexible Early and Consistent Quality Waste Minimization Continuous Improvement Sustainable

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Easy to Implement:Low cost of entryNo riskDeploy in days or weeks, not months or years

Adapt with no cost or downtime

What accounting systems do for money OpsStream does for work

We would like to provide you with a free, no-obligation demo

Contact us:• Automated Operations, Inc.• info@opsstream.com• 800-964-3646