GEM is a web application used to create
and manage workflow processes in response to both internal and external
mortgage loan requests .The application tracks and records customer requests
from input to completion.
GEM is Global Event Management , a legacy application for mortgage servicing.
It is the most widest used workflow implementation in mortgage processing
,working continuously from past 10 years . As the end of support notification
is released for the components(such as BAM,MQ)of this application ,a new
project called GEM-Next Generation is currently development. The GEM Next
Generation or GEM2 will replace both the old infrastructure and application. This
application will be deployed with latest updates from IBM BPM and other
integrating components.
Gem currently has over 23000 users in
50+ departments with over 833 business process , which will be replaced by
GEM2(currently under development)
The business activity is fed to the
business monitor application for the real-time view of business activity
through data views.The most aligned path to modernize MQ workflow is to move to
its modern day equivalent of IBM BPM 8.5.X/8.6X which is the reason LG
Architecture has chose BPM .Lending Grid is currently building an 8.5X/8.6X
environment that could be leveraged for that purpose.
In this architecture , BPM acts as an
headless implementation streamlining different integrations through Integration
designer (IID) . By creating a BPM as a service capability or as an headless
implementation , GEM2 will be able to expose this capability to existing and
future servicing systems wanting to leverage BPM without needing to build an entire
BPM environment.
GEM2 UI will request application data
access and mortgage services to IBM BPM through this integration channel (IID)
which hosts data access to different components , like the rules Engine ,MWS
and monitor Apps.
Any monitoring and servicing request
will be channeling through the IID request and then as a request and then as a
request to IBM BPM for request processing. The resultant is then provided back
to GEM2 UI. Both application DB and shared DB is accessible to IBM BPM with
this integration
The current Architecture is a
combination of a host of products such as IBM IID,Process Center, IBM Websphere
Process Server , IBM Portal Server etc
