CMIS

CMIS, developed by Astech Consultants, is a board and committee management system designed to streamline the governance processes of organizations. This solution is suitable for businesses of various sizes, ranging from small enterprises to large corporations. CMIS caters to a wide range of professions and industries, including government organizations, non-profit organizations, educational institutions, healthcare organizations, and corporate entities.

Key Features

Board and Committee Management: According to the vendor, CMIS provides a centralized platform for efficiently managing boards, committees, forums, and working groups. It handles membership management, document compilation, and publication.

Quickly Compile Agendas, Minutes, and Reports: The vendor states that CMIS allows users to create, compile, and publish agendas, minutes, reports, and decision notices effortlessly. The system offers a drag and drop feature for easy rearrangement of documents, and electronic circulation eliminates the need for printing and courier expenses.

Members' Database: CMIS includes a comprehensive member's database where organizations can store contact information, election history, images, biographies, and a register of interests. The database allows for both public and internal access to information as required.

Strategic Planning: According to the vendor, CMIS offers extended facilities for creating, maintaining, and publishing strategic plans in electronic and hard copy formats. It allows for the circulation and approval of draft plans before publication, and proposals can be submitted electronically using smart forms.

Decision Management: CMIS manages the entire life cycle of decisions, from inception to implementation. It tracks the history of decisions, including changes, amendments, and call-ins. The system includes call-in functionality and supports comprehensive decision tracking.

Workflows Automate Lengthy Manual Processes: CMIS has an integrated workflow engine that automates manual processes such as report authoring, comment requests, and approvals. According to the vendor, this ensures controlled and monitored processes for improved efficiency.

Resource Library: CMIS allows users to create resource libraries for gathering, storing, and publishing information. Security attributes can be applied at various levels to provide or restrict access to documents and folders.

Action Allocation and Progress Tracking: CMIS enables the allocation of actions to individual members and generates email notifications. It provides a personal actions screen for each officer to track their assigned tasks and deadlines. Authorized users can monitor the progress of outstanding actions.

Calendar and Diary Integration: CMIS provides web-based management of meetings and events. It generates and distributes reminders and deadlines to appropriate members and officers. The system allows for importing diary information into users' calendar applications.

Subscriptions, Notifications, and Alerts: CMIS incorporates an extensive alerts and notification engine to inform members, officers, and citizens about key events. It provides alerts for breaches of statutory reform or authority policy. Citizens and officers can subscribe for updates on newly published information.