Report Process Management (RPM) addresses the need of enterprises to improve efficiency through improved management of the reporting cycles, reduce cost and time to market of those reports and adhere to compliance regulations.

Compliancy becomes a major driver for the implementation of RPM systems. RPM systems help organizations to manage their report creation information efficiently and are a vital part when compliance information has to be retained.

An increasing number of regulations require organizations to maintain audit trails of the lifecycle of each created piece of information. An effective RPM system includes a complete audit and trace trail capabilities that fully documents the lifecycle of information and the reporting process.

An effective RPM system enables multiple users in a user friendly environment to collaborate on the companies report. In addition an automated RPM is mandatory because organizations have to be able to prove that reported information has not been altered in any way by unauthorized users. An effective RPM system is the only way of proving that the information is stored in an efficient system where it cannot be altered.