Theorem said that the new software is not only applicable to customers operating in the company’s traditional design and manufacturing market, but also provides benefits to IT and data processing users across a wide range of industry sectors.
TPM enables complex batch operations to be initiated by a simple ‘drag and drop’ action that can execute programs, evaluate results and both collect or distribute files. It is ideal, Theorem claims, for running and scheduling a variety of processes and can be easily configured to apply pre-determined actions based on the outcome of each program.
Results at various process stages are evaluated and automatically compared to user-defined rules. Depending on the conditions found, TPM will respond with appropriate actions – perhaps by branching to other processes, or even instigating entirely new processes. This ‘intelligent process branching’ substantially reduces – and in some cases may entirely eliminate – the need for external operator intervention.
TPM also handles unexpected results such as program failures, the disruption of batch processes and resource overloads, all in accordance with pre-defined rules. As a result, processes are much more likely to run successfully to completion regardless of the problems encountered.
