Wide Area Workflow 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
Deployment Decision 1 March 2002 Over 5000 employees trained Over 10,000 transactions processed DCMA Deployment Number of Transactions Dollar Value
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
Distribute/Process 10 Days DFAS Processing 27 Days Misrouted Documents 15 Minutes Distribute/Process 20 hours DFAS Processing* 23 Days Acceptance to Payment Cycle Time Using WAWF The Impact of WAWF Misrouted Documents 23 Days * 23 Day Minimum due to Cash Management Paper Process
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 Version 3.0