Mykosmos/BOS vs classic applications
What does matter when we need to compare software to other software? But, first, let‘s examine the whole thing from the buyer‘s perspective.
Why does a company buy software?
Everything a company spends money on is for the achievement of its strategic objectives. To set it, the company wants good results according to the effort put in, which finally we express in financial terms. Building a brand name is also essential and must be included in its strategic objectives (to express this later in financial terms).
What is the cause behind the above good financial results and an established brand name?
It‘s all about existing customer satisfaction and an increasing rate of new healthy customers. That means that the products sold have excellent quality and price. The service to the customers is efficient and fast. New series of products improve the previous ones. Unique products manufactured for selected customers are a fast and inexpensive everyday process. Eventually, the cause of good results is to put effort into servicing your customer needs in real-time.
What is the cause of the above customer satisfaction in real-time?
The chain of efforts like “Find customers“-“Send Offer“-“Offer Accepted“-“Produce“-“Deliver“-“Install“ runs fast with the minimum of errors. At the same time, the “Design“-“Prototype“-“Produce“ chain runs at the highest possible speed, enriching the company‘s products. Other supportive chains of effort as “Customer Complaints“-“Corrective Actions“-“Preventive and Corrective Actions“ improve the quality of products and services. Other supportive of the above chains run simultaneously, achieving a perfect choreography in the company. And all this runs at a cost that outperforms competitors.
What is the cause of the above miracle?
These chains of effort must be designed carefully and supported by well-documented and controlled actions called “Activities.“ These “Activities,“ when chained together, form well-documented “Processes“ (a series of subsequent autonomous actions performed by the people with the help of material resources) that we fine-tune to run fast, effectively, and at low cost.
How can we fine-tune the Processes?
“Processes“ to fine-tune, we must monitor continuously on properties like “Who,“ “When,“ and “With what performance“ of each “Activity.“ That means that changes to the “Processes“ could be done as often as needed and quickly. Each piece of work named “Activity“ is closely associated with the Associate who performs it. Should add quickly new working directions and new checkpoints to the Associate. Eventually, we have just described the actual content of Activity-Based Management (i.e., the best effect at low cost, achieved at a given condition). That makes a company differentiate from the competition and makes it a market leader. No corrections or fine-tuning can be achieved in the company‘s internal processes unless monitored effort can be put on the pair “Activity“-“Performing Associate.“
By trying to rephrase the above set of successive queries and answers, we have:
“Companies buy software to achieve good financial results and fame, as long as the software can work in the roots of the cause of this happy situation, so much the better for the company.“
Mykosmos/BOS works on elementary causes.
Does Mykosmos/BOS meet the above criteria?
Are classic applications with modules named ERP, MRP, MRP II, CRM, etc., meet the above criteria?
Know-how
Mykosmos/BOS allows companies to embody in the software their know-how of doing business, their way of organizing people‘s efforts. That is because it permits their management to set well-defined helping directions for every single task. We script and save the complete workflow of processes into Mykosmos/BOS database. Classic applications do not have this ability.
Real-Time Enterprise
Mykosmos/BOS makes mandatory the “real-time“ execution of “Activities“ (data production, in other words). So classic applications cannot check them in real-time execution. Just ask the associates to conform to that!
Associates Rotation
Classic applications cannot contribute to “Job rotation“ in a company. In Mykosmos/BOS, change the role of the relevant Associate, and we have done it! We bring all duties associated with the new role into the Associate‘s monitor.
Work Monitoring
Classic applications store the data produced by the associates. Mykosmos/BOS can tell about the data produced, the “When“ and “Who“ properties. In addition, Mykosmos/BOS can tell about the activities that every Associate or role in the company can do.
Balanced Scorecard
Classic applications can automatically support only the “Customer and Financial Section“ of the company‘s Balanced Scorecard. On the other hand, Mykosmos/BOS can automatically support all the sections of a BSC. Generally, in Mykosmos/BOS, any KPI can be defined, targeted, and then assigned to an associate or a role to be monitored.
Activity-Based Costing
Classic applications support the idea of “direct cost“ only in production. They do not support actual Activity Based Costing because they do not monitor automatically any other “Activity“ performed and “Resources“ used. Mykosmos/BOS can apply the idea of “direct cost“ over any activity concerning a product or customer, and thus it supports Activity-Based Costing. In reality, it allows the management to minimize as much as possible the “indirect cost.“
Activity-Based Management
Classic applications, because of lack of accurate Activity-Based Costing and Processes Monitoring, cannot make a company “Activity-Based Management“ driven. So essentially, they cannot offer the company organization further improvements (besides their first time installation in the company). In addition, classic applications contain a predefined form of “production chain,“ “supply chain“ that cannot be changed or adjusted. Therefore, they cannot differentiate the company.
In Company Programmability
The majority of classic applications, except perhaps the most expensive ones, lack an embedded programming tool, which would let the company adjust its behavior to the changing needs. Mykosmos/BOS, on the other hand, is fully programmable in every aspect. As a result, it‘s a “liberator“ for the IT departments because it gives them a business efficiency far from the classic programming.
Changeability
Classic applications are ready to run because they embody “predefined modules“ that gather data produced by the users. That apparent advantage is their disadvantage, as it does not let these “monolithic“ modules change. You get a maximum of satisfaction initially, which diminishes over time, as it becomes evident that there is a limit to what you can achieve. Finally, they become another asset of the company‘s software tools.
Organization
Classic applications consider the organizational structure of a company as given. They ask your associates to “feed“ the data forms. On the other hand, Mykosmos/BOS starts working on the roots of the company organization by assigning tasks using the “role“ of the Associate into the company. It gives feedback to the company to answer questions like “what each role does“ and “what department a role belongs to.“
Competitiveness
That is mainly about differentiation from the rest of the market. Classic applications cannot differentiate from installation to installation. Their chains are the main ones: “production,“ “supply,“ “maintenance.“ Cannot add other “chains“ (processes), nor can the main ones be modified. Using Mykosmos/BOS, “processes blueprints“ can be scripted to run as the management has defined, not as the application abilities dictate. That is because Mykosmos/BOS has essential tools that classic applications lack, like Processes Monitoring, Activity Based Costing, Balanced Scorecard, Embedded Programming Tool, and more.
