GCI Power Tools™ for eSign™

The Open Text Livelink ECM-eSign™ module has become the Livelink workflow standard for regulated industries requiring electronic signatures that meet compliance standards such as 21 FDA CFR Part 11. GCI Power Tools™ for eSign™ (PTES) enhances the capabilities of this module, adding much-needed functionality and providing a much more seamless integration with the natural business processes for companies in these highly regulated industries.

PTES extends the usability and scope of what can be done with the standard Livelink eSign module. PTES takes the strong foundation of electronic signature & 21 FDA CFR 11 support found in eSign and extends it to provide:

• Signing multiple documents
• Assembling multiple documents into one that can then be signed
• Flexible & complete control over:
  • What document(s) are converted
  • Which document(s) are watermarked
  • Which document(s) are signed
  • Appearance of signature pages
• Improved Robot agent processes with enhanced error reporting and recoverability
• When used in conjunction with GCI Power Tools™ for Workflow (PTW), PTES also:
  • Supports signing using mobile devices (e.g. BlackBerry®)
  • Provides the ability to customize the UI for Approvers on signing steps

Additional benefits:

• eSign assumes a one-document per one-workflow relationship. PTES allows multiple documents to be supported in a single workflow. This enables a customer’s business process to be automated without having to be redesigned to meet the restrictions of the standard module
• eSign does not support dynamic identification of what document to convert/watermark/sign. PTES allows dynamic identification of what document(s) to convert, watermark and/or sign. Item references, item copy references, and basically any information in the workflow about a document can be used to determine the current target of eSign operations. This can also be controlled on a per-step basis and support more than one specified document as well
• eSign puts required information (for compliance) onto a signing page, but many times customers want additional metadata to appear on the page. With PTES, a ‘customview’ can be defined for a signing page and a stylesheet can be used to enhance the content on the page
• PTES is designed to have robust error handling and recoverability
• Approvers (Signing Users) are frequently executives who do not want to be bothered with learning a new, infrequently-used technology. With PTES and PTW, signing steps can be customized to be more usable and attractive. Add to that the option to sign via a mobile device and user adoption skyrockets

The supported versions of Livelink will be 9.5 – 9.7.1 and the supported versions of eSign will be all versions that work with those versions of Livelink. PTES will be available early 2009.

If your organization relies on eSign for your Livelink regulatory electronic signing requirements then PTES is a must. Please download the GCI Power Tools™ for eSign info sheet , and for more information or to arrange a demo please contact us at info@globalcents.com.

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