Wide Area Workflow Defense Contract Management Agency December, 2002 Presented By: Defense Contract Management Agency December, 2002

What is WAWF? A system for performing electronic acceptance and invoicing on DoD contracts. Direct electronic feed to payment system Web, EDI or FTP input PKI enabled (password too) Provides complete transaction visibility Wide Area Workflow

DCMA Deployment Deployment Decision 1 March 2002 Over 5000 employees trained Over 10,000 transactions processed Number of Transactions Dollar Value

Improved on-time payments Reduced interest penalties Results with WAWF During our ramp up… We expected Improved on-time payments Reduced interest penalties Reduced acceptance cycle time We experienced 100% on-time payments Zero interest 90% reduction in acceptance cycle time Navy and Air Force experiencing similar results

The Impact of WAWF Acceptance to Payment Cycle Time Paper Process Distribute/Process 10 Days DFAS Processing 27 Days Misrouted Documents 23 Days Using WAWF Distribute/Process 20 hours DFAS Processing* 23 Days Misrouted Documents 15 Minutes * 23 Day Minimum due to Cash Management

Additional Payment Types Version 3.0 Technology Refresh Eliminates Pure Edge Viewer Browser Independence Enables Wireless Web Additional Payment Types Cost Vouchers Financing Payments Construction Payments Fast Pay Gets rid of any client software Enables retirement of WInS In production early 03

For More Information Identifies all system hardware and software requirements for WAWF   Installs all necessary software to run WAWF Configures Internet browsers, both Internet Explorer & Netscape Provides system set-up for all security requirements Imports and accepts PKI certificates Provides vendor and government registration instructions Provides WAWF computer based training module Provides customer support contact information