Canadian Distributor for ProVision Workbench

ProVision Workbench

now available in

Japanese

ProVision Workbench is available in Japanese

Southfield, MI, April, 1999 -- Proforma Corporation, a leading business modeling software and consulting firm, announces the release of the Japanese version of its award winning enterprise application modeling tool ProVision Workbench (PVW). Now Japanese organizations can create business process and object models in their native language. PVW supports the Kanji character set and regional settings, such as currency format. The Japanese version of PVW was jointly developed by Proforma and the Computer Institute of Japan, Ltd. (CIJ), which is the exclusive distributor of Proforma products in Japan.

CIJ Director Hideko Nogi states, "We are very excited to announce the Japanese version of PVW. With consideration to the current status of Japanese companies, there is great potential for business reengineering tools in Japan. We believe it is important for Japanese companies to recognize the value of business process analysis in order to survive in today’s global market. PVW is the tool that can support it."

According to Mr. Harumasa Umeda, Senior Manager of the Software Engineering Center, Research and Development Headquarters, NTT Data Corporation. "PVW is a tool that allows precise management of deliverables and creation of 'BPR Templates' through managed metamodels. When defining current business processes using standardized BPR templates, analysts can discover problems that need solutions. PVW accurately links metamodels to deliverables produced through BPR, user requirement analysis, and design results which in turn, makes reuse and maintenance easy. We have been looking forward to the release of the Japanese version and will be using PVW to perform BPR at our office as well as to provide BPR consultation to customers."

Mika Omori from CIJ adds, "We found that ProVision Workbench has many useful built-in features for analyzing our business processes. It is not an easy task to recognize and capture business processes without using certain methodologies. PVW helps you think in a logical way to keep everything consistent. Also, since it is based on object-oriented technology, we could manipulate and reuse objects to avoid redundant work."

Hugh Mensch, Proforma Director of Business Development, noted that "It was NTT Data’s enthusiasm for PVW capabilities that led to the creation of the Japanese version of PVW. They suggested that Proforma partner with CIJ. We were impressed with CIJ’s capability in localizing PVW and we are delighted that they will provide ongoing local support for PVW customers in Japan."

Product Overview
ProVision Workbench is a powerful yet flexible graphical modeling tool that seamlessly integrates Business Process (Re)engineering and Business Requirements Analysis with software development capabilities. It gives business and information technology (IT) specialists a common environment to (re)define, model and automate business processes and reusable business objects. In addition to providing the business requirements needed to quickly build accurate business systems, ProVision imports/exports your business process and object models into ERWinTM , Rational RoseTM , VisioTM, MS AccessTM , MS ProjectTM , C/C++, COM, IDL and SQL schemas

About Proforma Corporation
Proforma Corporation is a worldwide leader in providing advanced solutions for business software development. Proforma offers comprehensive consulting, training, and tools for business process (re)engineering, business requirement analysis, and system development.

Proforma’s corporate headquarters are located at 17515 West Nine Mile Road, Suite 1170, Southfield, Michigan 48075. (248) 443-5495 fax (248) 443-0506

In Canada, ProVision Workbench tools are distributed by

Liscot Software
3017 St Clair Ave Suite 207
Burlington, Ontario  L7N 3P5
Tel:  (905) 333-3562
Fax: (905) 333-9480

Email: liscot@liscot.com