European BPM Leader IDS Scheer Targets North America and Asia
Document: QT-473
Date of Publication: June
20, 2008
Number of Pages: 4
Lead Author(s):
M. West
Price: $195
USD

QuickTake Summary:
With more than 20 years of experience behind it and
close partnerships with Hewlett-Packard, SAP, Oracle, and Microsoft,
IDS Scheer AG has long established itself as a leading vendor of
rigorous business process management (BPM) tools. IDS Scheer holds a
dominant market share in BPM in Europe, but so far has only a minor
presence in the
U.S.
market –partly attributable to less market awareness in the
United States
, partly due to its rigorous academic approach, more favored in
Europe
.
Unlike
Microsoft Visio, its chief competitor in the
U.S.
market, IDS Scheer’s ARIS provides a proven, rigorous business
process model designed to improve corporate efficiency. This
business process rigor is particularly valuable in highly-regulated
industries, e.g., finance and pharmaceuticals, where
formally-structured business processes are all but mandated by
compliance concerns. IDS
Scheer products are found in many financial and pharmaceutical
organizations in
Europe
. Now with a proven product and an economic engine centered in
Europe, IDS Scheer is preparing to drive its expansion worldwide,
particularly into North America and
Asia
. The world markets it is entering offer huge growth opportunity,
but also significant challenges deriving from differences in culture.