http://bpmi.org/images/stack04.gif As detailed at http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Business_Process_Management the BPMS or Business Process Management System replaces the clumsy DBMS as the central tool of corporate enterprise. Encoding all business logic directly in the data tier, a BpMs allows business people to make decisions that directly affect their enterprise without clumsy and ineffectual reinterpretation by naive software engineers. By removing such technological ChineseWhispers from the corporate value chain dramatic improvements in business reliability and efficiency are possible. ''I can't tell whether the above is a statement of truth, a shameless expression of religious belief, a PissTake, or a bit of sarcasm. You've stated that "dramatic improvements in business reliability and efficiency '''are possible'''." I would like to know whether or not such dramatic improvements have '''actually been realised''', perhaps with a link to an independent (i.e., not produced by a corporate marketing department) case study or two.'' -- DaveVoorhis * It has to be a statement of truth. Just look at all those rounded rectangles! * I wrote it after earnest discussions with management at a certain place. And I can't tell either. --PeterMerel ---------- Is it just me, or does anyone else parse OMG as Oh My God? I won't say what my brain parses MOF as.