The product comprises of

• Assistum Knowledge Viewer
• Assistum Knowledge Editor

The Assistum Knowledge Viewer allows users to consult knowledge bases relating to the issues, relationships and sources of information needed to support a business decision. When used in a decision-making process Assistum Viewer points out any inconsistencies in the conclusions reached, but leaves the user to make the final decision. The conclusions and reasons for them can be documented for future review. A number of off-the-shelf knowledge bases are available. They cover areas such as: Innovation capability, business strategy, pricing, outsourcing, and project prioritisation.

The Assistum Knowledge Editor enables the easy creation and modification of customised knowledge bases. It is invaluable to a learning organisation because it can easily capture and store new insights for future use. Microsoft VBA extensions enable the core Assistum functionality to be customised to individual customer requirements and integrated with customers systems including their Intranet.
The corporate decision-making framework encapsulated by Assistum can empower employees close to the action to make instant decisions within that context. Therefore, it speeds up decision-making, saves time and money, and improves the quality of decisions and the commitment to act on them.

Any VBA extensions written for a knowledge base will be saved with the knowledge base and will run in the Knowledge Viewer. This enables the integration of Assistum Knowledge Bases with other Windows applications.

Microsoft Visual Basic for Applications (VBA) enables you to customise and integrate the Assistum knowledge engine into enterprise solutions. This is available in the Enterprise Edition.

• You can customise the appearance and behaviour of Assistum knowledge bases to fit the unique requirements of your (or your client's) business.
  
  
• You can integrate the Assistum inputs and outputs and information links and behaviours into your information infrastructure to optimise the usefulness and availability of information in a decision framework fitted to your own strategic decision making processes.
  

For more information on how VBA-enabled Assistum applications can speed up your business, saving time and money and promoting action, contact us at info@assistum.com.

• Personal ... for individual desktop use
• Business ... for systems development and publishing knowledge bases to the web with the java viewer