Answerthink and Savvion for BPM

Answerthink and Savvion have announced a partnership agreement under which the two companies will engage in joint sales, marketing and development activities. The agreement is designed to enable clients to more effectively implement and monitor improved business processes using proven best practices from The Hackett Group, an Answerthink company, as part of implementations that integrate Savvion's business process management (BPM) tools and other business applications.

Savvion describes itself as a developer of business technology solutions that enable Global 1000 companies to achieve their strategic objectives through process automation, process management and process innovation. Answerthink is a business and technology consulting firm.

The companies say they will focus on work in select functional areas of Fortune 500 companies. Answerthink reports it has formally joined the Savvion Process Partner program and has begun using Savvion BusinessManager software to develop automated business systems based on Hackett best practices in finance, HR and other areas.