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

2. 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

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

4. 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

5. 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

6. 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

7. 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