Introducing eCapEx

The No.1 CapEx Approval Workflow Software for Finance Teams

eCapEx is aimed at organisations seeking to replace manual, paper-based and disconnected processes with CapEx approval workflow software that provides greater visibility and tracking of CapEx spend.

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How it works

Design

Use a drag-and-drop interface to create your CapEx request form and submit for approval.

Add rich, interactive behaviours without coding and use logic to control the behaviour of the form.

Route

Create the approval steps that the form will go through and specify business rules (for example, only send the form to the CEO if the request is above a certain threshold).

Send eMail reminders to prompt users to complete tasks or alert a manager if a task is running late.

Monitor

Get real-time visibility into your CapEx approval processes and track user actions to know exactly who did what and when it was done.

Predictive BPM can even alert users if a workflow is estimated to finish late or a step has taken too long to complete.

Electronic forms

Digitalise your capital expense request form to eliminate paper handling and manual routing

In a point-and-click interface, you can rapidly create a capital expenditure form template to gather and display information about the capital expense e.g. project details, sponsors, quotes, risk assessments, justifications.

The CapEx approval workflow software offers a number of ways of building forms, with the end results appearing exactly the same to the end-users. These options include an eForm plug-in for Microsoft Word plus an Online Form Designer for easy drag-and-drop creation.

Standardised CapEx approval templates

To ensure consistency and adherence to capital expenditure policy

Integrated sanity checks and rules

To automatically verify data on input or form submission, ensuring only accurate information is routed for approval

Display real-time financial data

To show current position information such as budgets, CapEx approved and remaining budget for the current period etc.

Configurable tabs

To logically group form sections such as current position, description of expenditure, justification, cost, history etc.

Multi-lingual

Automatic multi-lingual translation of capital expenditure requisition forms and user interfaces

Currency conversion

All figures automatically shown in local currency and your global currency

Submit form for approval

Common CapEx approval process for consistency across all business units, regions and departments

Attach files

Add document attachments of any format (XLS, JPG, DOC etc.)

Comment log

To enable any participant to add time stamped notes to a capital expense request

Create PDF of submitted form

Printable PDF generation of complete form, including attachments

Full audit trail

To include timestamps and usernames of all events/actions

Workflow engine

Build, modify and execute your process with CapEx approval workflow software

Graphically model an approval, rejection and clarification workflow for your CapEx processes in a point-and-click interface.

Simply drag user, notification or data integration steps into your workflow design and link with conditional branches. Add data integration steps to ingest data from other systems or to export CapEx request data to onward ERP or purchasing systems.

Where appropriate, multiple steps in your CapEx approval workflow that would traditionally be done sequentially, can be completed in parallel, massively shortening the overall process time to completion.

You can also set-up email reminders to prompt users to complete tasks or alert a manager if a task is running late.

Business Rules Engine (BRE)

Add users / rules

In a graphical point-and-click environment, you can encapsulate your capital expenditure policies, procedures and processes as named, reusable business rules.

Once activated, the rule can be utilised in any number of forms and CapEx workflows to conditionally control how they should run and behave in various conditions. A business rule can be used to control the:

Behaviour of a CapEx request form
Path of a CapEx approval workflow
Users assigned to steps
Approval limit of individual users
Contents of a report
And many other aspects of your process

Web workspaces

Web-based user interface for launching processes and task management

You will be assigned a bespoke web workspace tailored to your role (for example, Initiator, Approver, Manager, Administrator) where you can:

Initiate forms
View your task list
Find the current location of any in-progress requests
Search for and review historic requests

The web workspaces include a settings page for administrators to create, edit and delete user accounts for the platform.

Business activity monitoring (BAM)

Get real-time visibility into your CapEx approvals, discover bottlenecks and intervene

Additionally, the web workspaces act as a management dashboard for accurate CapEx spend visibility. The dashboards contain information on many aspects of the system, such as numbers of requests, values, times taken etc. Some examples include:

My task list
My CapEx’s
CapEx’s I have participated in
My unit(s) CapEx
Workflow step times
Long running steps
Currently active steps
All CapEx’s

Crucially, the dashboards provide management with real-time visibility into how in-flight processes are running. This means they can easily discover bottlenecks in the process and intervene, if needed, to keep things running smoothly.

Although our CapEx approval workflow software supports dashboards, as well as scheduled and on-demand reporting, we understand that for most finance users, a simple Excel spreadsheet is often the most flexible way of accessing data. Therefore, data can be automatically exported to pre-defined Microsoft Excel templates.

Deployment

Cloud-based or on-premise options available

eCapEx fits perfectly into your technology infrastructure, enabling you to be up and running with a minimal disruption.

The On-Premise Edition packages come with unlimited users, unlimited workflows, unlimited Process Timelines and unlimited forms; basically, everything you need to get started within your own hosted environment.

If you are looking to minimise capital, infrastructure, and IT expenditure, our Cloud Edition combines the benefits of the cloud with the power of eCapEx, enabling your business to take advantage with little or no capital investment.

Benefits

Eliminate paper-based approvals

Capture accurate data and reduce the amount of paperwork circulating in an organisation by creating capital expense requests that work on any device from any location.

Common CapEx approval tracking process

Automate the routing of completed forms through bespoke authorisation paths based on asset category, business unit, budgets and authorisation limits with a rejection and clarification workflow process and automated eMail reminders.

Provide greater visibility to management

eCapEx offers real-time visibility into your global CapEx processes through bespoke web portals.

Users can instantly find out where in the process their request is and when it is estimated to complete the workflow. Managers and administrators can gain real-time insight into the financial position of their approved, rejected and in-flight requests.

Archive requests for regulatory compliance

eCapEx automatically archives all CapEx requests allowing you to quickly review information about any activity, past or present, including time-stamped approval decisions, documents and comments.

Easy data connectors

eCapEx includes built-in database connectors (e.g. web services and REST calls) to connect to, and exchange information with, your existing finance and order management software.

Export to legacy systems through Robotic Process Automation (RPA) or common file formats (CSV, Excel etc.) is also possible.

Robust security

eCapEx offers data security and stability with HTTPS (SSL) connection, audits logs, user permissions and form data encryption.

Cost savings

Significant cost savings will be derived from tighter spend control, harmonisation of processes across departments and geographies, eradication of procurement overlap, improved utilisation of existing equipment/capital, and the ability to leverage bulk-buying power.

Adhere to governance procedures/capital expenditure approval policy

eCapEx can comply with your internal governance procedures including CapEx approval limit setting, approval escalation procedures and total spend authorisations.

In tightly regulated industries or publicly traded companies, the ability to guarantee authorised process was followed and prove it to auditors is an essential part of business that eCapEx can assist with.

Complete CapEx project management

eCapEx goes beyond simple capital expenditure approval with the ability to track post CapEx spend and provide analysis on the efficiency of CapEx spent.

Responsive user experience

eCapEx is accessible from any browser, operating system or mobile device with all major platforms (including iOS and Android) supported.

The CapEx request workflow software will automatically resize forms/web interfaces to render and work on smartphones, tablets and other devices.

Using your mobile/tablet device, you can:

Review, complete and submit forms
View dashboards and reports
Attach photos or record GPS data to forms
Complete tasks via eMail while offline

Reduce time to market with low/no-code development

eCapEx is a low/no-code platform, driven by point-and-click configuration, not complex programming efforts.

The CapEx management software enables you to create forms, workflows and new processes quickly in response to the ever-changing needs of your industry.

UK data centres

Our data centres are UK-based and fully compliant with UK GDPR.

Powerful technology

The underlying technology (BP Logix Process Director) runs on the well supported and reliable Windows, IIS, SQL and ASP.NET platform from Microsoft. This means we are able to leverage the inherent security, scalability and reliability features within our CapEx workflow software.

Quick implementation

Typically, the team at ePC can replicate your existing paper/Excel form and internal approval process within a few weeks to provide greater visibility, automation and tracking of your CapEx spending.

Our unique low/no-code environment coupled with patented Process Timeline technology means we can implement quick-wins, rather than lengthy development processes.

Roll-out to other departments

The underlying technology behind eCapEx can be deployed quickly within other departments / processes within your business.

From contract approvals to purchase orders, Process Director can handle any data capture or workflow task, allowing you to double your return on investment many times over.

Professional services

eCapEx is aimed at business users and requires no coding knowledge to create CapEx request forms and model CapEx approval processes.

However, if you need to deploy quickly or have complex requirements, ePC can manage the project from concept to completion.

Typically, this involves spending time with you to understand what problems you are trying to solve, what the current “As Is” process is and what your “Future” desired state looks like. Once we have mapped out your CapEx approval process, we will build a fully operational bespoke solution allowing you to be up-and-running much sooner with less reliance on your internal resources.

Bespoke training

The end-user interfaces within eCapEx are designed to be familiar and intuitive to your users, so often no special training is required.

However, we have off-the-shelf training courses for system administrators to help transfer the skills needed to implement and run eCapEx.

If end-user training is required, we have found a train-the-trainer approach is best for disseminating the required skills to your end users throughout your organisation.

Support & helpdesk

You will have direct access to the delivery team for support during normal working hours (09:00 -17:30 GMT/BST) in the UK (excluding English public holidays), where you can liaise with a skilled and experienced support engineer by telephone and eMail.

Depending on the level of support provided, you will also have access to maintenance releases, version upgrades, remote access problem diagnosis and resolution, and remote server maintenance.

Case studies

Rentokil Initial automate CapEx approval processes with eCapEx

Rentokil Initial automate CapEx approval processes across Europe, APAC, Latin America and the USA with cloud-based CapEx approval software.

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Millennium and Copthorne (M&C) Hotels Plc manage CapEx budget with CapEx management software

Seeking to improve the controls around CapEx projects, Millennium and Copthorne (M&C) Hotels Plc implement cloud-hosted CapEx management software to manage their annual CapEx budget.

Testimonials

As an IT support group, we offer our business colleagues choices. The decision to select Process Director/Cloud Edition was made by the Divisional CFO, as the prototype of the CapEx process worked to his satisfaction. From an IT perspective we were also genuinely pleased with the pilot.

Chris Broe, Group Chief Information Officer, Rentokil Initial

I have been really impressed by the speed with which this capability has been developed and how flexible it has been to meet our requirements.

Hilton Hess, Finance Director, Rentokil Initial

We love the simplicity of the system. The actual form has not changed much. You now complete it online. It still captures all the same information. Crucially, the quality of submitted requests has improved as certain fields are auto-filled, calculated automatically or contain rules such as a mandatory field or display a warning if certain conditions are not met. We’ve made the process tighter and more consistent.

Nick Taylor, Finance Director, Millennium and Copthorne Hotels

ePC offers a strong technical knowledge of BP Logix Process Director, and the ability to understand complex business processes. We consider the company a premier resource for BPM implementations using Process Director.

Jay O’Brien, Chief Executive Officer, BP Logix

Platform

Built with BP Logix Process Director

eCapEx is based on BP Logix Process Director, a BPM software solution recognised by Gartner as a ‘Niche Player’ in the ‘Magic Quadrant for Intelligent Business Process Management Suites (iBPMS)’.

ePC is a certified reseller of BP Logix Process Director in the UK/Europe.

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Verified product reviews

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4.8 / 5

16 reviews

All the features we need, and easy to use!

We purchased BP Logix Process Director to replace a home-grown electronic form-and-workflow tool. We have used the tool to automate over 200 processes across our global enterprise, and currently get 30,000+ new form instances submitted in the system each month. We have used it for a wide variety of processes, including human resources, procurement, accounts payable, engineering, and construction.

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4.6 / 5

26 reviews

A simple and easy to use software package that packs a big punch to solves unique business processes

Easy for a non-developer to develop a process from start to finish, yet has the tools a developer needs to develop complex scenarios.

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4.6 / 5

13 reviews

Great tool to build, run, monitor and improve your business process

The Process Timeline model over the traditional and complex flowchart model is innovative and easy to use. Complex business processes can be implemented with a wide variety of custom tasks.