ALL THE FEATURES YOU WOULD EXPECT IN
AN ADVANCED ENTERPRISE PLATFORM
Open Modular Platform
The different functional modules sit on top of a foundation comprised of a single, all-encompassing relational database, a business rules engine, and a file repository… with Reporting and Integrations layers on top pull data from all of them. The modules can be used for all or portions of your internal processes, from lead generation to final disposition.
North Shore Technology Stack
North Shore’s Open Modular Platform can be used stand-alone, or together to form a continuous stream of data. Since all the modules are connected to the NS platform’s Integration Layer, they can all talk to your other systems and link to all your destinations and sources of data.
The more NS modules you use, the longer the stream of native data, and therefore the more streamlined and efficient the flow of data. When the entire platform is implemented end-to-end, Every piece of information is entered only ONCE… for origination, underwriting, compliance, reporting, documents, sale or securitization.
Intelligent System
The industry’s most sophisticated, North Shore’s embedded business-rules engine makes every part of the process intelligent and rules-driven for 100% compliant and expert processing. The BRE allows the knowledge and experience of senior management to be encapsulated in the rules that govern the characteristics of your products, the flow of data, and the user experience.
Data gets validated, notifications are sent, documents get generated, and exceptions are created all according to rules that are governed and maintained by responsible internal personnel. This extremely powerful and all-encompassing functionality sets the North Shore platform apart from systems that simply have rule tables or templates.
Sample Rule Types:
Configurable Workflow
One of the most important aspects of any enterprise, multi-role application is the ability to define processes and the flow of data between the responsible parties as a loan progresses through the different stages of those processes. The NS platform provides the framework and the mechanisms to re-engineer your processes for straight-thru, non-redundant data flow for every party involved.
Configurable Workflow Features Include:
Data Hub
The industry’s most sophisticated, North Shore’s embedded business-rules engine makes every part of the process intelligent and rules-driven for 100% compliant and expert processing. The BRE allows the knowledge and experience of senior management to be encapsulated in the rules that govern the characteristics of your products, the flow of data, and the user experience.
Data is accepted from all sources and in all formats, either from humans, files, paper, or other systems… and subsequently output or sent to any destination or system-generated file or document. Because of these capabilities, the North Shore platform is used by its customers as a data-aggregation platform, and one which can be used to consolidate/replace multiple ‘islands’ of data in the current state.
Data Hub Capabilities Include:
Document Generation
One of the crown jewels of the North Shore platform is the Doc Prep module. All your documents can now be easily plugged in and then automatically created by the system. Generate any document, at any point, in Word format with all data automatically loaded. Generate document packages that pull together data and files from various sources into one pdf package.
Features include:
FILE REPOSITORY
The platform’s database, in addition to storing all your data, stores all files associated with the loan, collateral, and entities. Files of all types, as they are submitted by the borrower, uploaded through the Portal, received from other systems, or generated by the system itself, are stored in the loan and entity level e-file cabinets. They can be included in document packages, viewed online, downloaded, emailed, or sent to another system.
File Management features include:
Ad Hoc Query
Build reports on the fly, construct user-specific dashboards, and pull any data out of the system in any format.
Pipeline & Portfolio Reports
Personal Dashboards
Query/Extract features include:
Excel Integration
While the ultimate goal is to have all data entered and available online, the reality is that Excel will always have its place in the CREF process, due to its ease-of-use, flexibility, and familiarity. Recognizing this, North Shore offers different ways to integrate with Excel … for data input purposes, underwriting, data manipulation, one-off calculations, and creation of excel-based forms.
IMPORT Function
EXPORT Function
EXTRACT Function
Integration Features:
North Shore is able to import data from spreadsheets that are used on the front-end for quick-sizing/screening by sales/production personal, and for the Rent Roll and Operating Statements supplied by various sources (borrowers, kkk, Argus, etc.). Clients can choose to retain their underwriting spreadsheets, working a deal until terms are verbally accepted, and then import all of the data compiled in the spreadsheet during the underwriting process. North Shore can, in fact, create or refresh an underwriting template for an underwriter to use and then import back into the system.
Since North Shore has very advanced, excel-like screens, clients can plot a migration path away from heavy excel dependency by starting with imports and then starting to enter data directly in the system and utilizing its underwriting and reporting capabilities more and more. North Shore produces all of the industry-standard (CREFC, Fannie, Freddie) excel-based forms and reports with the press of a button.