AuraPortal and The Ministry of Interior of Colombia Win the Global Awards for Excellence in BPM & Workflow 2015

December 11, 2015 – AURA (www.auraportal.com), a global provider of AuraPortal. Business Process Management (BPM) software, positioned at the Top of the “Visionaries” in Gartner’s “Magic Quadrant for iBPMS 2015“, has announced that AuraPortal’s implementation of the Business Process Management (BPM) model for the Ministry of Interior of Colombia has been distinguished with the prestigious WfMC award.

This year, judging was completed by a global panel of experts comprising the BPM industry’s most respected thought-leaders including Sandy Kemsley, Connie Moore, Keith Swenson, Nathaniel Palmer, Pedro Robledo and more.

Nathaniel Palmer, WfMC Executive Director and Editor of BPM.com noted, “Hundreds of hours have been invested by our judges to ensure that only the highest quality of case studies met the benchmarks we set and this year did not disappoint. The rigorous criteria involve not only technical achievement but also business impact and process innovation. This year’s winners represent the best of BPM across the globe.”

This year, AuraPortal presented their Automation Project for Religious Affairs’ Administrative Procedures. The platform meets the needs of legal representatives from over 5000 religious entities, which according to the figures estimated by the Interior’s Public Information Bureau, agglomerate over 10 million parishioners.

The online process, on the Ministry’s public Web has drastically expedited the procedure as the average completion time for the entire process has reduced from 15 days (before the software implementation) to 1 minute. Furthermore, the average management costs have been reduced by 80%, thanks to workflow coordination and the automation of the majority of the process activities.