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Camunda BPM at LVM Insurance

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Technology Category	Application Infrastructure & Middleware - API Integration & Management
Applicable Functions	Discrete Manufacturing
Use Cases	Inventory Management Process Control & Optimization
Services	System Integration
Challenge	LVM Insurance, one of the leading insurance groups in Germany, was facing challenges in managing its internal administrative processes and inventory management. The company had two different systems for order and processing, which were operated in parallel with no integration interface except for the user. The data was transferred manually using copy/paste, and the process was not controlled but based on a central document accessible to all employees involved. The actual process was in the employees' minds, and everyone knew when it was their turn and what they had to do. In the 'inventory management life' project, parts of the existing life-contract system were replaced by a new development. Asynchronous single processing was used, which had already been proven successful in other sectors. However, a lightweight solution was needed to reduce complexity for both developers and operations. Read More
About Customer	LVM Insurance is among the top 20 insurance groups in Germany and is one of the five largest car insurers in the country. The company's headquarters are located in Münster. In 2012, LVM Insurance launched two projects with Camunda BPM almost simultaneously. The first project, Service Order Management (SOM), dealt with internal administrative processes such as ordering hardware and software, relocating employees, etc. The second project, 'inventory management life', was concerned with the asynchronous processing and management of inventory. Underwriting processes and calculations were moved from the nightly batch to the asynchronous processing sequence initiated from the online application. Individual records were then processed in a timely manner in the Camunda Process Engine. Read More
Solution	LVM Insurance decided to use Camunda BPM for both the SOM and 'inventory management life' projects. For the SOM project, they didn't want to rely on the previous BPMS due to high license costs. As the company was open-minded towards open source solutions, they tried a few open source process engines and got good responses soon. However, for enterprise use, they still had to implement a lot themselves. At this point, Camunda BPM stood out as particularly powerful. The decision to use the Camunda engine in the life project was heavily influenced by the initial experience in using the engine in the SOM project. The implementation was smooth as they only needed to know Java and BPMN, both of which they had enough expertise within the company. Read More Log in to view content
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Technology Category

Application Infrastructure & Middleware - API Integration & Management

Applicable Functions

Discrete Manufacturing

Use Cases

Inventory Management

Process Control & Optimization

Services

System Integration

Challenge

LVM Insurance, one of the leading insurance groups in Germany, was facing challenges in managing its internal administrative processes and inventory management. The company had two different systems for order and processing, which were operated in parallel with no integration interface except for the user. The data was transferred manually using copy/paste, and the process was not controlled but based on a central document accessible to all employees involved. The actual process was in the employees' minds, and everyone knew when it was their turn and what they had to do. In the 'inventory management life' project, parts of the existing life-contract system were replaced by a new development. Asynchronous single processing was used, which had already been proven successful in other sectors. However, a lightweight solution was needed to reduce complexity for both developers and operations.

About Customer

LVM Insurance is among the top 20 insurance groups in Germany and is one of the five largest car insurers in the country. The company's headquarters are located in Münster. In 2012, LVM Insurance launched two projects with Camunda BPM almost simultaneously. The first project, Service Order Management (SOM), dealt with internal administrative processes such as ordering hardware and software, relocating employees, etc. The second project, 'inventory management life', was concerned with the asynchronous processing and management of inventory. Underwriting processes and calculations were moved from the nightly batch to the asynchronous processing sequence initiated from the online application. Individual records were then processed in a timely manner in the Camunda Process Engine.

Solution

LVM Insurance decided to use Camunda BPM for both the SOM and 'inventory management life' projects. For the SOM project, they didn't want to rely on the previous BPMS due to high license costs. As the company was open-minded towards open source solutions, they tried a few open source process engines and got good responses soon. However, for enterprise use, they still had to implement a lot themselves. At this point, Camunda BPM stood out as particularly powerful. The decision to use the Camunda engine in the life project was heavily influenced by the initial experience in using the engine in the SOM project. The implementation was smooth as they only needed to know Java and BPMN, both of which they had enough expertise within the company.

Impact #1	The SOM and the individual processing in the life-project were introduced successfully and without any significant errors in the second quarter of 2014.
Impact #2	The systems have been running stable and largely error-free since their implementation.
Impact #3	All objectives have been achieved and a new project with Camunda has been set up.

Impact #1

The SOM and the individual processing in the life-project were introduced successfully and without any significant errors in the second quarter of 2014.

Impact #2

The systems have been running stable and largely error-free since their implementation.

Impact #3

All objectives have been achieved and a new project with Camunda has been set up.

Benefit #1	The accident and legal processes have been successfully put into operation in March 2015.
Benefit #2	The damage processes will follow.

Benefit #1

The accident and legal processes have been successfully put into operation in March 2015.

Benefit #2

The damage processes will follow.

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Camunda BPM at LVM Insurance

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