Interfacing

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What it is

Interfacing is a low-code platform for process management, quality and compliance, sold to regulated organizations that need processes, risks, controls and documents tied together. Its flagship product is the Enterprise Process Center, shortened to EPC, which the home page calls a Digital Twin integrated management system for documenting, analyzing, improving, digitizing and monitoring business processes, risks, regulatory requirements and performance indicators. A product comparison page describes it as a business-ready integrated management system, or IMS, that "unifies process design, risk control, audit management" and document control in one place, and lists quality management, business process management and governance, risk and compliance as parts of that single system.

The reader this fits is a quality manager, a business analyst or a compliance lead who wants to model how work is done, keep the documentation that proves it, and automate the steps in between, without commissioning custom software. The home page says Interfacing was recognized as a Leader in Gartner's inaugural Magic Quadrant for Digital Twin of an Organization Platforms.

How you build

The process is the center of the product. The home page breaks the suite into modules: process management, roles and responsibilities (BPM), which includes procedures, process-based digital SOPs, an option for BPMN, RASCI, role management, asset management and localization; policies, standards and regulations (RIM), with the ability to fragment regulatory requirements; audit planning, scheduling, execution and evidence collection with CAPA triggers; document control with versioning, change tracking, records, e-signature and archive; quality events, incidents and supplier management; a learning management system; strategic alignment and IT governance (EA) with KPIs, KRIs, capabilities and master data; and business continuity, which the page says is built on top of the low-code layer.

A customer on the home page, a business analyst at Intrust Bank, says "I can model technical requirements that roll up into pretty user interface stories with very little effort" and likes presenting "the same information in varying levels of detail." Another user, at Prospera, likes that "everything can be linked to a process" and that processes can be viewed as a process map or in a detailed format. So you build by mapping processes, then attach the objects that belong to them, such as documents, risks, controls and training.

Automation sits on top of that map. The comparison page lists a built-in low-code app and form designer, and says the product offers drag-and-drop modeling, validation and traceability "without coding" for compliance teams. It also names lifecycle control of documents with e-signatures and audit trails, continuous traceability dashboards, integrated risk registers linked to controls, automated validation reports, embedded AI-driven process mining and predictive simulation, and offline capability on iOS and Android. On integration, the company says it offers "pre-configured bi-directional connectors and content mapping." The low-code page describes the Low-Code Rapid Application Development module as a way to build custom, scalable applications quickly, and a customer at Air Canada says the company unified dozens of applications into one platform, "accessible on tablets and mobile."

A separate page on low-code versus zero-code explains the company's view of the tooling. It says low-code uses visual blocks that can be dragged into a workflow, lets skilled developers focus on "the 10% of the the application that makes it a differentiator," and can give a business an omnichannel multiexperience using pre-built templates, chatbots and AI integration. It also argues that low-code can bring shadow IT into approved development practices, so business users build simple apps under IT's rules. The same page lists what the platform covers in quality terms: online CAPA, supplier audits, training and related workflows, and it mentions Quality 4.0.

AI is a large part of the current pitch. The home page lists agents for specific jobs:

  • An Automation Agent that recommends workflow automation opportunities, finds ways to reduce manual effort, and helps generate automation workflows and actions.
  • An Audit Agent that reviews processes, controls, documentation, evidence and governance structures to find audit-readiness gaps before an audit happens.
  • A Training Agent that generates training materials, quizzes, assessments, learning paths and role-based training content from processes, SOPs, policies and documentation.

Other agents create processes, SOPs, policies and controls from prompts, documents, images or videos; answer questions from governed repository content; review processes for compliance, risk and efficiency; and flag compliance gaps and missing controls against regulations. An AI Chat Assistant answers questions with direct links to the relevant process, procedure, policy or document, and the home page says the system can turn videos, screen captures or images into digital workflows and SOPs, turn text documents into interactive process flows, and transform spreadsheets into structured digital objects. It also promises regulatory change impact recommendations when requirements shift.

Interfacing automates the governed parts of a business, such as approvals, controls, document lifecycles and training, rather than customer-facing apps or websites.

Multilingual support is a recurring theme in user quotes. A user in Quebec says the solution "is available in French, made in Quebec, and includes multilingual content management features," plus "process analysis tools, simulation, and a suite for audit and CAPA management." A user at Saudia Airlines says "It is the only tool that supports content in Arabic."

Compliance, pricing and customers

The home page states that Interfacing is ISO 27001 certified, GDPR compliant, CFR Part 11 compliant and Computer System Validated, and that it has strategically positioned offices serving clients worldwide. The site publishes no prices; the route in is a demo request.

The home page says more than 400 world-class enterprises and management consulting firms use it. Named customers and testimonials include Air Canada, Motul, IATA, DPD, Intrust Bank, Prospera, Saudia Airlines, the Royal Australian Air Force, the San Francisco Public Utilities Commission, Bombardier Aerospace, Equifax and Unisys. A project director at Orange Business Services says "EPC was the only tool that answered the project's needs and requirements. We are rolling out corporate-wide to over 300 modelers & 120K employees!" A PricewaterhouseCoopers manager describes a deployment at UNAM in which the team "chose which modules we needed to address the problems we were facing currently, with the flexibility to extend in the future as UNAM's process maturity grows." The same manager says EPC's licensing pricing allows a rollout to about 36,000 expected end users across Mexico in 2 years. A Pepsi-Cola control officer team says its approach to internal GCS compliance was later recommended "as best-practice for other PepsiCo plants." A Romanian university says the digital twin has been used in its master's program for 4 years to teach business modeling.

Several users mention support. One says "the Help desk responds rapidly and gives me the necessary support," and an IATA quality manager calls the Live Chat "a great channel."

Who it suits and who it does not

Interfacing suits an organization that has to prove how it works. A quality team in a regulated plant, an operations group preparing for audits, or an enterprise that wants one system for processes, risks, controls, documents and training will recognize the design. A reviewer on the home page mentions pharma as their focus, and the customer list runs from banks and airlines to utilities and the military, so the use is not limited to one sector. The modular approach in the UNAM quote helps a team that wants to start with the pieces it needs.

It is a weaker choice for a founder or a small team that wants a quick customer-facing app, because the product is built around governance and process control rather than public-facing products. A team that only needs simple workflow automation between everyday apps may find an integrated management system more than it needs, and budgeting starts with a sales conversation.

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