Category: Company News and Events

Onit Participates in K1 Investment Management Webinar: Navigating Volatility

Posted on May 21, 2020 by - Company News and Events

Onit recently participated in an exciting and timely webinar hosted by K1 Investment Management and we’d like to invite you to have a look. The webinar, Navigating Volatility, is definitely one not to be missed.

The session opened with Onit’s Vice President of Marketing Jill Black offering an overview of Onit’s Lean into LegalOps virtual program. Jill explained the timeliness of creating this program in the context of COVID-19, and how such a program contributes to really easing some of the negative impacts the crisis is having on businesses. She described how the initiative highlights programming from Onit and SimpleLegal’s customer base, industry thought leaders and innovators in the space. She then highlighted some key metrics demonstrating the success of the program, as well as Onit’s Meals on Wheels promotion, savings calculators, and Business Continuity Apps.

Travis Thornton, vice president of marketing at Dental Intelligence, then offered some insight into how his company began offering free software to their customers (dentists). He explained that their messaging needed to focus not so much on “using our tools,” but more on how to recover from the pandemic, and they put together a series of daily webinars specifically for that messaging. Travis then detailed some key metrics of their COVID-19 Rebound Action Plan campaign, showing the high level of success of the program.

Next, Yair Lehrer, vice president of marketing at Graduway, gave an overview of how his company felt the need to make their customers understand the importance of going digital after the pandemic hit. Yair described the three free products they began offering to drive inbound, Grad2020, GradBusiness and GradRaise. They realized the free offers weren’t doing as well as expected, so they began focusing on thought leadership, more content and more webinars. Their GLS Connect program was their pivotal marketing strategy. Due to the pandemic, they changed this to a highly successful live virtual conference.

Kevin Leahy, director of marketing at Gravyty explained their fundraising efforts during a crisis. Clients kept asking, “Is it okay to ask donors for money right now?” Gravyty presented a series of webinars to help their clients through the crisis and alleviate the fear of being alone by letting them hear from peers and industry experts. Kevin then details their three keys to navigating a crisis: 1) Don’t go dark, 2) Expand your reach, and 3) Ask, but adjust your ask.

In closing, the host Scott Kaplan, sales enablement and training practice director at K1 Investment Management, recapped what key changes each company had made in reaction to the pandemic:

Onit

  • Completely rethink how you go to market
  • Focus on packaging and pricing

Dental Intelligence

  • Address dentists’ concerns and problems
  • Establish yourself as a leader

Graduway

  • Shift from outbound to inbound
  • Possible churn customer are speakers or prospects to be on a panel

Gravyty

  • Messaging got more direct
  • Offer a guarantee

We hope you’ll take some time view this informative webinar.

Watch Onit’s Latest Webinar: McDonald’s Corporation – Building and Executing a Legal Technology Roadmap

Posted on May 20, 2020 by - Company News and Events

Onit recently co-hosted a webinar with McDonald’s and shared some valuable insights about how they built and executed a legal technology roadmap. The webinar was part of our new Lean into LegalOps online learning initiative.

The session opened with a brief review by our VP of Global Sales, Matt DenOuden, of our Business Continuity Apps and new cost savings calculators. Curtis Batterton, Legal Operations and Global Technology Manager at McDonald’s, began his discussion with his favorite quote by Ray Kroc, “None of us is as good as all of us.” Curtis felt like this resonated especially now with the current COVID-19 crisis. He then continued setting the stage by describing McDonald’s current legal technology landscape, followed by a quick review of their strategy up until the pandemic. Their strategy consisted of getting everything “working” to “building” an aspirational roadmap, surveying business and legal teams to identify their issues and wish lists and getting technology into the hands of global teams.

Curtis then offered some insight into the survey results. Three things that respondents wanted from technology were workload rebalancing, reducing workload and self-service. He continued by detailing some of the biggest challenges he is facing now; one of which is trying to keep all systems stable and available, and avoiding situations that may prevent people from doing crisis response. This unfortunately has led to other projects being put on hold as the current crisis continues. In regard to change management, Curtis noted that if it’s not crisis response, then it’s not the most important thing to do right now.

Curtis continued by explaining that long term goals still are critical such as globalizing systems, moving to paperless processes and tools and addressing workload and efficiency. But he added the key caveat that there will be a “new normal” and changes will have to be made. He also believed that legal work won’t change much, but the way the work gets done will change; such as more remote and off-site work. Curtis then explained how the crisis has been the impetus for using certain technology even more. In terms of selecting technology, he commented that it’s a fine balancing act to find a solution that every market and team can agree on using – adding that it’s just not possible to customize a solution for every different market or team. Leadership buy-in is critical before and during this process.

Curtis then explained how they had been using a platform approach to technology and he favors systems that are flexible and can respond to rapidly changing needs. He further noted that these needs are being amplified during this crisis in ways really never seen before. Curtis closed out his time with an overview of his thoughts about the future and key lessons learned, including:

  • Strategies will need to be made with a focus on agility
  • Technology evaluation should consider remote accessibility and flexible configurability
  • Workflow and collaboration solutions developed in response to the current crisis can be built into platforms like Apptitude (Onit’s workflow automation platform)

A Q&A session filled out the remaining time on the webinar. We hope you’ll take some time to watch this highly informative webinar.

Watch Onit’s Webinar: Adapting Law Department Practice to the New Normal

Posted on May 8, 2020 by - Company News and Events

Onit recently co-hosted a webinar with PinHawk, Adapting Law Department Practice to the New Normal as part of our new Lean into LegalOps online learning initiative.

The session opens with Rees Morrison, Senior Manager at Ernst & Young, setting the stage for the webinar. Colleen Hankins, Senior Vice President at Fidelity then tackles the first question, “What has been the biggest challenge of work from home (WFH) for your department, and what have you done?” She explains they Fidelity had been anticipating this scenario since February, and that technology was one of their major concerns in making sure that employees had what they needed to work from home successfully. Colleen points out that the sheer volume of mail they receive was another unexpected challenge.

Jim Michalowicz, Senior Manager at TE Connectivity takes it from there and explains that a big challenge was in the operations side of the house. For example, electronic signatures aren’t allowed in Europe, so a document needed to be signed by hand and then scanned. He adds that the other challenge for them was maintaining a sense of community while not being in the office every day. Colleen is then invited to address the second question, “What have you invested in or spent more time on because of WFH?” She explains that focusing on a sense of connection was a huge priority, following technology and logistics. She adds that Fidelity has done a lot in this regard by putting together a communications campaign in order to ensure that people feel connected. In addition, Fidelity’s knowledge management program, which they started several years ago, has proved to be highly valuable during this crisis.

Jim returns to offer his insight to the same question. Keeping people connected was definitely a priority, and fortunately his company already had a communications in place pre-COVID. They already had quarterly webcasts, but now they’ve ramped up the number of them. Their use of Skype has increased dramatically as well. Kristen Herber, Managing Counsel at Under Armour, then takes on the third question concerning managing people during this crisis. She mentions that one of her strategies has been to have more of a personal connection with her team members, both as a team and one-on-one. Kristen points out that keeping a sense of normalcy and some comfort is very important. Colleen returns and comments that not much has changed in this regard for her, since her team has always been scattered across the country. Fidelity also encourages their people to take time off periodically.

Kristen moves onto the next question of how have HR and IT helped the law department. She remarks that they worked with HR to develop norms for communications. Jim comments that there were a lot of things they did cross-functionally, such as chipping in to help wherever needed. Kristen then addresses the next question of how law firms and vendors helped, in other ways than legal services. She mentions that they have taken advantage of all the law firms’ webinars and other knowledge, and it’s been very useful. Colleen tackles the final question concerning in what way will this crisis may permanently change the way they work with internal and external teams. She explains that the biggest change could be having to give up office space and have more people work remotely.

A Q&A session fills out the remaining time in the webinar. We hope you’ll take some time view this highly informative webinar by clicking the link below.

Listen to Onit’s New Podcast about Jaguar Land Rover’s Implementation of Onit’s Enterprise Legal Management Solution

Posted on May 4, 2020 by - Company News and Events, Enterprise Legal Management

We are thrilled to announce our new podcast! This timely episode is not to be missed, as it features Christine DiDomizio, legal operations lead at Jaguar Land Rover North America speaking about their implementation of Onit’s enterprise legal management solution and how their legal department is handling the current COVID-19 crisis.

Christine begins by giving an overview of Jaguar Land Rover’s North American team and the composition and functions of their legal department. She noted that they respond to legal service requests from not only the United States but also from Canada and the U.K. Christine goes on to explain a bit about what exactly their Onit solution is helping them with in the legal department. Before they implemented Onit, they didn’t even have an electronic billing system. So e-billing was one of the first workflow solutions they started using, followed by matter management. Christine points out that they did quite a bit of customization to their matter management solution to help them track and manage different areas very well. They also use a document repository where they store contracts and capture metadata about the contracts. They also have another Onit solution that helps them get that information into the repository, and other departments can submit legal service requests to their department via Onit’s legal service request solution.

Christine then sheds some light on her department’s goals when beginning their transformation. She explains that a priority was getting a handle on invoice processing – the sheer volume of which was overwhelming; not to mention most invoices were hardcopy or pdf. This of course led to their implementing e-billing. Their previous matter management system was also rudimentary, with people putting files on a shared drive, and filing paper documents. To make matter worse, parts of files could be physically separate on different individuals’ desks or other areas. Going paperless and consolidating everything including emails related to a matter was a priority.

Christine addresses the question of how collaboration with outside counsel has changed since they implement Onit. She explains that the biggest change has been in the area of product liability, as her department must do very detailed reporting of product liability cases to their parent company. She emphasizes the fact that there was a lot of copying and pasting involved with those reports previous to Onit, and so the implementation has been very successful in that regard. Christine mentions that her favorite feature in Onit is the grid reporting, along with the sorting and filtering capabilities and being able to do ad hoc reporting so easily and get results so quickly. She also points out that Onit is an ever-evolving system, and this is important because needs change. “Onit has been able to keep up with us, and then some!” she commented.

Christine responds to the question of how they’ve been dealing with the COVID crisis by saying it was surprising how seamless the transition has been. The podcast closes with Christine mentioning how her department has been able to function well largely because of Onit.

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Watch Onit’s Webinar: Market Uncertainty – ROI, Cost Savings and Technology

Posted on May 1, 2020 by - Company News and Events, Enterprise Legal Management

Join us for a recent webinar co-hosted with SimpleLegal, Consilio and Baker McKenzie titled, Market Uncertainty: ROI, Cost Savings and Technology. This webinar was part of Onit’s new Lean into LegalOps online learning initiative.

The presentation began with a quick overview of Onit’s Lean into LegalOps online learning initiative. Amy Good, director of strategic alliances at Onit highlighted the new Business Continuity Apps and emphasized the focus of helping our clients through the current COVID-19 crisis. She then explained the guiding principles of these Apps: they are free, simple and standard.

The conversation then moved to the topic of cost savings and achieving realignment, and how you could do that quickly. Craig Raeburn, vice president of global sales at SimpleLegal, offered some pointers on how to do that. He pointed out that he doesn’t think of “savings” so much as other things, such as ensuring the legal ecosystem stays in place and is operational now and in the future. Craig added that things will get back to normal and recommended keeping it simple in the early days and measuring everything you do.

Robin Snasdell, managing director at Consilio, then offered an overview of the potential savings of using their Sky Analytics solution. Some of the areas where cost savings are greatly realized include shifting work to more cost-effective firms, marginal input attorneys and block billing.

Matt DenOuden, vice president of global sales at Onit, then explained how various approaches fit into the value vs. impact prioritization grid. David Cambria, chief services officer at Baker McKenzie, offered a unique perspective by comparing the financial crisis of 2008 to the current crisis, with a focus on legal operations. He noted that anything in the high risk/high impact area demanded special attention, coupled with external and internal expertise. Robin made the point that departments should make the best use of collaboration tools during this time. Craig further added that just because something worked in 2008 doesn’t mean it will work today and suggested that you should research what systems already exists that you can leverage. David then concluded with a key takeaway — we need to make sure we have the right work going to the right resources.

To learn more about this webinar, watch the recording today.

Watch Onit’s New Webinar: When the Budget Committee Comes Knocking – Quantifying Project Savings

Posted on April 29, 2020 by - Company News and Events, Enterprise Legal Management

We’re thrilled for this opportunity to invite you to watch our new webinar we co-hosted with Duff & Phelps. This webinar, When the Budget Committee Comes Knocking: Quantifying Project Savings, is part of our new Lean into LegalOps online learning initiative.

The presentation began with a quick overview of Onit’s Lean into LegalOps online learning initiative, and our Business Continuity Apps. Matt Denouden, vice president of global sales at Onit then explained the current challenges as we see them, including the fact that CFOs want to see numbers to support new or ongoing projects, and how calculating cost savings can be time-consuming. In addition, he elaborated on how accurate data can be hard to come by for making a business case. In response, Onit developed savings calculators for Enterprise Legal Management (ELM), Contract Lifecycle Management (CLM) and Workflow Management. Matt then illustrated the average savings realized with Onit’s products as evidenced from actual usage by some of Onit’s major clients:

Contract Lifecyle Management

  • 9% – Average annual savings (IACCM)
  • 20% – Reduce average hours spend on contracts (Goldman Sachs)
  • 24% – Reduce average sales cycle (Aberdeen Group)
  • 5% – Automate renewal increases per contract (ACC)

Workflow Management (Apptitude)

  • 45% – Annual cost savings if workflow activities can be automated (McKinsey)
  • 40% – 75% – Annual cost savings if workflow costs can be saved via automation (Forbes)
  • 90% – Annual cost savings if workflow’s operating costs can be saved via automation (Forrester)

Enterprise Legal Management

  • 5 – 12% – Average incremental annual savings (Industry consultants)

A detailed demo of the Enterprise Legal Management calculator followed and then Charmel Rhyne, CLM sales director at Onit, offered insight about the cost savings from using contract lifecycle management technology. Mike Stevens, managing director at Duff & Phelps then explained some of the benefits of the calculator, with a key takeaway that the calculator (and business case) should be tailored to your organization.

Jonathan Powers, director of training and special projects at Onit completed the webinar with an overview of Onit’s business process automation platform, Apptitude, and its associated Workflow Management calculator. Before getting into the actual calculator, Jonathan described some common workflows built in Apptitude, such task tracking, PTO requests, approval processes, enterprise legal management, legal service requests, legal holds, NDAs and contract lifecycle management. The Workflow Automation cost savings calculator was then explained to gain a basic understanding of its benefits.

A Q&A session rounded out the remaining time on the webinar. We hope you’ll take some time to watch this highly informative webinar.

Onit Releases New COVID-19 Contract and Meeting Applications for Free!

Posted on April 27, 2020 by - Business Process Management, Company News and Events, Contract Lifecycle Management

As we continue to face this ever-changing environment due to the COVID-19 pandemic, we have made it our mission at Onit to help organizations the best way we know how. By providing free business continuity software applications that help organizations manage their remote workforce, financial impacts, business processes, and company risk. We feel that it is our responsibility as an enterprise software vendor to not only take care of our customers but to do our part in helping every type of business of every size.

I am pleased to announce that we are launching two new free Business Continuity Apps, Contract Compliance Issue Tracking, and Weekly Meeting Tracker.
 

Contract Compliance App

Contract Compliance Issue Tracking App

Contract Compliance Issue Tracking App provides a mechanism for companies to log and manage issues reported by (inbound) or reported to (outbound) external parties that impact the ability to deliver on a contract. This includes, but is not limited to, force majeure claims. This App also:

  • Enables employees to notify the legal department quickly of problems with contract compliance and what obligations may not be able to be met
  • Provides visibility into the types of compliance issues that have been reported based on the level of risk
  • Sets rules for automatically notifying legal, finance, and operations reviewers
Weekly Meeting Tracker App

Weekly Meeting Tracker App

Weekly Meeting Tracker Application enables managers and leadership to quickly establish a framework for offsite team communications, including managing agendas and follow-ups for standup meetings and aggregating updates for management reporting. This Apps also:

  • Manages meetings and provide visibility to their outcomes
  • Adds meetings details and generates team email notifications to communicate meeting descriptions, attendees, topics, and post-meeting outcomes
  • Sends reminders to have updates and discussion topics provided by team members before meetings to ensure meetings are productive and efficient

We have designed these Business Continuity Apps with three key principles in mind, free, simple, and standard. As stated earlier, we are here to help and when we say free, we mean FREE! We are able to do this by engineering these Apps as simple and as standard as possible so that they can be used out of the box across a variety of industries, departments, and use cases.

Even though these Apps are out of the box, they are still built upon our innovative workflow platform. Meaning they share the same infrastructure, security, and performance as all of our industry-leading enterprise-class software. Another benefit of the cloud-based Business Continuity Apps is that they are accessible on any modern web-browser, device, and to an unlimited of users.

For more information on our Business Continuity Apps for COVID-19 please visit us online.

Onit and SimpleLegal Customers Making a Difference During COVID-19

Posted on April 17, 2020 by - Company News and Events

It’s corporate social responsibility in action. While Onit and our free Business Continuity Apps are helping legal departments stay on top of their workloads during COVID-19, many of our customers are paying it forward in some amazing ways. These are just some of the great things Onit and SimpleLegal customers are doing to serve at this time. We are so proud to count them as part of the Onit/SimpleLegal family and want to recognize their incredible efforts!

Healthcare

Genentech: Just one of several Onit customers leading the way in finding treatments and a vaccine. According to GEN Edge, Genentech has been conducting double blind trials as part of Phase III of their research on tocilizumab. Genetech’s Acterma®, initially marketed as an arthritis medication is undergoing trials to asses its effectiveness at treating pneumonia as a symptom of COVID-19.

Sorrento Therapeutics: Sorrento has been working on a novel decoy cellular vaccine for COVID-19 using their I-Cell™ process. Sorento hopes to elicit T and B cell immunities by introducing non-replicating cells to provide replicating cells with a protein that should strengthen cell membranes from SARS-CoV-2, which causes COVID-19.

Abbott Laboratories: Illinois-based Abbott Laboratories has developed a platform for COVID-19 testing on their ID Now portable testing units. Abbott Laboratories has received Emergency Use Authorization from the FDA, and patients administered this test can get their results in as little as five minutes. Abbott Laboratories intends to administer nearly 5,000,000 tests a month.

Moderna: Moderna is partnering with NIH to test an mRNA vaccine for Coronavirus. Moderna has been working on their vaccine since the NIH received the COVID-19 genetic sequence from Chines authorities and is ready for human testing.

Varian Medical: According to the U.S. Chamber of Commerce Foundation: “Varian donated $1,000,000 to support coronavirus prevention and control. The company is also supporting cancer treatment with its medical system.”

Change Healthcare: Change Healthcare launched their COVID-19 Updates and Resources Hub which is “an online source of technology, business, and informational resources to give… guidance on how to maintain administrative, financial, and operational stability.” Change Healthcare and their partners are doing their best to help users with immediate pandemic-related issues, and their Hub is meant to help companies keep their operations moving as smoothly and efficiently as possible.

Varex Imaging: Varex, being designated an “essential business,” has kept their main facilities open as well as implemented a work from home policy for their non-essential employees. Varex also says they are committed to continuing production of critical components of X-ray and CT systems.

Envision Healthcare: Envision plans to deploy 130 more clinicians to the Mount Sinai hospital system to help out in hotspots in New York City where COVID-19 has hit the hardest.

Incyte: Insight is undergoing Phase 3 of testing their cancer drug Jakafi to treat COVID-19 patients with severe cytokine reactions.

Utilities

SRP: SRP has committed to keeping power on for customers who are late on payment or non-paying through the outbreak. They have also planned to donate over $1 million for small business and residential customers in Arizona.

Comcast: Comcast is offering two months of free services for new customers and increasing internet speeds for existing customers. Comcast is also offering free access to their Xfinity WiFi hotspots across the US as well as giving payment amnesty for existing customers.

Ontario Power Generation: OPG is donating 17,500 Tyvek suits to frontline healthcare workers in Ontario. OPG has also already donated half a million surgical masks as well as 75,000 N95 masks to the Province of Ontario.

FedEx: FedEx has partnered with the Department of Health and Human Services to deliver testing kits to cities across the US. FedEx has also updated some of their operating procedures to reflect COVID-19 in an effort to increase employee safety and comply with social distancing measures.

Apparel

Under Armour: According to The Hill and The Baltimore Sun, Under Armour has committed to the manufacturing of 500,000 surgical masks as well as thousands of hospital gowns and face shields to donate to the University of Maryland Medical System.

Crocs: Crocs shoes are a popular option for doctors spending all day on their feet because of the comfort they provide and how easy they are to clean. Crocs is coming to the rescue by donating roughly 10,000 pairs of shoes a day to healthcare workers.

Digital Services/Food

Cargill: Cargill is helping keep store shelves stocked as well as delivering other goods and services around the country.

PayPal: PayPal is waiving many of its fees, doubling cashback rewards and extending the dispute period to make it easier for customers to access their funds.

DoorDash: DoorDash is giving its employees up to two weeks of financial assistance for employees who either contract COVID-19 or are put under quarantine, which reads as close to two weeks paid sick leave as you can get from a gig economy company. DoorDash has also added a no contact delivery as the default option for their food delivery service.

Manufacturing/Construction

3M: 3M has ramped up to maximum production of N95 masks to nearly 100 million per month as well as partnered with sanitation experts to learn the best ways to extend the life of the masks. 3M is also partnering with Ford to increase powered air purifying respirators production six-fold within 2-3 months.

Carbon: Carbon is continuing operations of PPE manufacturing for frontline healthcare workers. Carbon is also offering design consultations for their Lattice Engine design software.

Johnson Controls: Johnson Controls has been serving as “essential personnel” for maintaining operations of hospitals, supermarkets, food processors, pharmacies, data centers, state and local government offices, police stations, fire stations, United States military operations around the world and other critical infrastructure. Johnson Controls has been aiding workers on the frontlines of COVID-19 since the initial outbreak in Wuhan and has committed to continue helping with global operations.

Media/Publishing

Hearst: Hearst Foundations are donating $50 Million to Coronavirus efforts. The emergency funding will go to over 100 U.S. medical, humanitarian and cultural organizations impacted by the pandemic.

Pearson PLC: Pearson is providing free learning resources to the world’s students, teachers and parents as a response to the shift to at-home learning. They have compiled resources for Higher Ed, K-12 and Working from Home.

Foundations

Chan Zuckerberg Initiative: Priscilla Chan and Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg’s foundation will deliver a pledge of $30 million dollars. Most of the donation is set to go to the COVID-19 Therapeutics Accelerator.

Watch Onit and Pearson’s Webinar: A Platform Approach to Contract Lifecycle Management

Posted on April 13, 2020 by - Company News and Events, Contract Lifecycle Management

Last week we hosted a webinar with Pearson about the changing times and how Pearson has saved more than 35% using contract lifecycle management technology. You can view the recording today. The webinar, A Platform Approach to Contract Lifecycle Management, was part of our new Lean into LegalOps online learning initiative and included a comprehensive demo of Pearson’s contract lifecycle management (CLM) system.

Amanda Sengbusch, Senior Project Manager at Pearson, started the session with an overview of what Pearson does on a global scale. She also noted the efforts Pearson has undertaken to contribute during the current COVID-19 crisis. Matt DenOuden, Vice President of Global Sales at Onit, then offered some insight into Onit’s new online learning initiative, Lean into LegalOps, and our business continuity Apps.

In setting the stage for Amanda’s demo, Charmel Rhyne, CLM Sales Director at Onit, explained Onit’s contract lifecycle management solution and how it adds value, providing end-to-end automation of the entire contract management process. She also explained the many benefits of using contract lifecycle management technology, such as reducing the hours spent on contracts by 20%, automating renewal increases with an average of 5% per contract, saving 9% annually with good contracting, and reducing the average sales cycle by 24%.

Amanda then provided some background on how Pearson began their journey to reduce legal spend in 2017. In response, their legal department created the Transaction Services Center (TSC), which facilitates high volume, low risk standard agreements, allowing internal counsel to focus on more complex agreements and more time to support the business. Onit provided the contract lifecycle management solution used by the TSC, consisting of four main features: legal service requests, contract review and approval, contract database and legal advisory requests. Amanda emphasized that the game changer for Pearson was, “having data and being able to use it;” meaning that they used Onit data in conjunction with their Tableau business intelligence tool for advanced reporting.

Amanda continued by providing a highly detailed demo of their Onit contract lifecycle management system. We hope you’ll take some time view this highly informative webinar by clicking the link below.

Watch the recorded webinar here and sign up to learn more about the Lean Into Legal Ops initiative.

Free Business Continuity Apps Offered in Response to COVID-19 Pandemic and Changing Market Landscape

Posted on April 3, 2020 by - Company News and Events

As the COVID-19 pandemic has changed the world around us, companies around the globe are facing the same problems: how to understand and adapt to the new circumstances coming our way, and how to anticipate what’s coming. This global crisis is challenging us all to develop survival skills, and forcing creativity to regain normalcy in a world turned upside down.

Our new Onit Business Continuity Apps are being built and deployed with three key principles:

  1. Free. The Apps are provided and deployed with standard configuration free of charge, with no subscription fees.
  2. Simple. The Apps are designed to be easy to set up and use across your enterprise, so companies can begin using them as quickly as possible.
  3. Standard. The Apps contain workflows built to apply across a broad variety of use cases. They are intended to be used out of the box without further configuration or customization.

These Apps fall into four critical areas: managing a remote workforce, overseeing business changes, mitigating company risk and managing financial impacts. Below is a description of some of these new workflows. Learn more about these Apps.

  • The Return-to-Work Risk Assessment App is designed for companies that are looking to re-open their offices that have been closed as a result of the crisis. This App surveys employees regarding risk factors for COVID-19 transmission and allows human resources and management to determine return-to-work dates and protocol.
  • The Contract Compliance Issue Tracking App provides a mechanism for companies to log and manage issues reported by (inbound) or reported to (outbound) external parties that impact the ability to deliver on a contract. This includes, but is not limited to, force majeure claims.
  • The Work Delegation App is for employees having to unexpectedly leave work due to illness, lack of childcare, or other personal issues related to COVID-19. This App collects information about open activities and deliverables and notifies recommended colleagues as well as management.
  • The Business Standup/Situation Reporting App enables managers and leadership to quickly establish a framework for offsite team communications, including managing agendas and follow-ups for standup meetings and aggregating updates for management reporting.
  • The COVID-19 Self Reporting App empowers employees to self-report when they have experienced symptoms or been diagnosed with COVID-19. This allows human resources teams to report required information to the appropriate authorities when needed.

Request more information about these Business Continuity Apps.