Savvion Earns Top Marks at King Fahd University of Petroleum and Minerals; Highest Ranked University in Saudi Arabia Relies on Savvion to Model and Analyze Business Process.

SANTA CLARA, Calif. -- King Fahd University of Petroleum & Minerals (KFUPM) in Saudi Arabia has first-hand knowledge about the importance of process. KFUPM uses Savvion(R), the industry's leading business process management (BPM) company, for its University-wide BPM initiative. To date, more than 320 processes built with the Savvion Process Modeler are available within the Savvion Process Asset Manager (PAM). PAM enables users of the Savvion Process Modeler to store their processes into a centralized repository, manage version control, and allows for a collaborative approach to promoting best practices within the organization. Process improvements are now in place across the University, including the human resources, finance, scientific research, materials management, admissions, student affairs, registration, and administration departments.

KFUPM is the leading educational organization for science and technology in the Middle East, and boasts an enrollment of approximately 8,000 full-time undergraduate and 700 full-time graduate students. When part-time and continuing education students are added, the total number of students exceeds 9,500. The goal of any educational institution is to offer the highest level of teaching and service to its students in the most efficient and cost effective manner. King Fahd University of Petroleum & Minerals saw a return on investment (ROI) almost immediately with Savvion when an enterprise resource planning (ERP) project that was scheduled to take three months to complete was finished in less than 30 days, thanks to process improvements enabled by Savvion.

"We essentially modeled the University with Savvion," said Iftikhar Nadeem, advisor, information strategy, and project manager for ERP at King Fahd University of Petroleum & Minerals. "With Savvion, I have an easy to use BPM solution where people can model their processes, simulate, and then analyze the results. We started with the free Savvion Process Modeler and were so impressed that we purchased it, as well as the Process Asset Manager. Savvion gave us value right away, not only in terms of speeding up our ERP project, but also in the reduced number of consulting hours we have needed for additional projects across the University. With Savvion, our business process owners can do more on their own, and determine their own processes and best practices."

Obtaining research grants are an important part of maintaining this leadership position. Using the Savvion Process Modeler, researchers and faculty members are able to model the process they go through when submitting requests for grants for research projects. Each request is modeled and then placed in the PAM repository so future faculty members and researchers can refer back to best practices when submitting for project grants. This has made it much easier for researchers to navigate the often complex process of submitting for and receiving the highly-coveted research grants.

"We expect nothing less than a smart BPM deployment from a leading institution of learning like King Fahd University of Petroleum & Minerals," said Shawn Price, president and CEO of Savvion. "Kind Fahd University knows the importance of modeling the process, then simulating for further analysis. This is a main reason we currently make the Savvion Process Modeler free and available for downloading from the Savvion website. They have turned a free download into more than 320 processes modeled and available in the PAM repository. That's process capital that will never be lost. Any organization that wants to run more efficiently and maintain a consistent way of operating day in and day out, has no better choice than to turn to Savvion for its BPM needs."

About King Fahd University of Petroleum and Minerals 

King Fahd University of Petroleum and Minerals (KFUPM) was officially established by Royal Decree on 5 Jumada I, 1383 H. (23 September 1963). The first students were admitted a year later, on 23 September 1964, when 67 young men enrolled in what was then the College of Petroleum and Minerals (CPM). The King Fahd University of Petroleum & Minerals is the highest ranked university in Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, with an enrollment of approximately 8,000 full-time undergraduate and 700 full-time graduate students. When part-time and continuing education students are added, the total number of students is approximately 9,500.

About Savvion

Savvion is the leading provider of business process management (BPM) software that improves business performance and reduces costs. Savvion has a proven track record of turning process improvement ideas into real-world solutions quickly, often in as few as 30 days, and delivering a return on investment as high as 300%. More than 200 global business enterprises, public service agencies, and systems integration firms, including 20 of the Fortune 100, use Savvion systems to manage their business. Savvion is recognized by Intelligent Enterprise as one of the most influential companies in information technology today, and is a Leader in the Forrester Wave for BPM. To start down the path of process improvement, download the Savvion Process Modeler available for free at www.savvion.com/forms1/process_modeler.htm.

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