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NMISA Enhances Workflow Development with Nintex
Applicable Industries
- Education
- Equipment & Machinery
Applicable Functions
- Product Research & Development
- Quality Assurance
Use Cases
- Leasing Finance Automation
- Material Handling Automation
Services
- Training
The Challenge
The National Metrology Institute of South Africa (NMISA) was grappling with a significant workflow challenge. The organization was dealing with a vast number of processes and a severe shortage of available resources. The Head of IT, Jayesh Jina, was in search of an efficient way to automate processes and empower employees to create their own workflows easily and independently. NMISA was struggling with a lack of IT resources, automated systems, and risk and compliance solutions. The organization found that out-of-the-box SharePoint workflows were very tedious to build and manage. NMISA was in need of an integrated solution that would speed up the development of workflows, and provide a more professional email interface for tasks and approvals.
About The Customer
The National Metrology Institute of South Africa (NMISA), founded in 2006 and based in Pretoria, South Africa, is responsible for maintaining national measurement standards and units for industry in South Africa. It also monitors standards to ensure measurement equivalence with global standards. The organization serves as a reference when measurement disputes arise, and it develops chemical analysis methods used in the certification of South African reference materials. NMISA’s clients include South African Airways, BMW, SKA (Telescopic Array), and Eskom.
The Solution
NMISA, in collaboration with solution provider Dac Systems, implemented an automation solution based on Nintex Workflow. Nintex Workflow is a powerful, easy-to-use workflow designer that improves business processes, and delivers a rapid return on investment. It empowers users with easy yet powerful tools, and lets users monitor, manage, and reuse workflows everywhere. With Nintex Workflow, users can model and improve processes, regardless of their complexity. It integrates seamlessly with other systems, tools, and services, and boosts and extends SharePoint functionality. The Nintex drag-and-drop functionality has enabled NMISA's team to create workflows and get them deployed faster than they could have imagined. The ability to re-purpose snippets of code in multiple workflows has been a real efficiency gain for NMISA.
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