Ascend, headquartered in Brea, California, is a recognized thought leader in Business Process Automation and Information Management. Ascend's SMARTOUCH Solutions streamline processes with fewer and smarter touches. Ascend offers solutions for imaging and automation in Accounts Payable, Human Resources, Employee Expense, Capital Requisition, Materials Management, and Tuition Reimbursement. Ascend delivers the only real-time Lawson interface. Customers benefit from their one-click integration and access to reports, documents and images. A ten year Lawson partner, Ascend's solutions improve your bottom line, ensure best practice compliance to critical business processes, and support corporate 'green' initiatives. Distributed in 14 countries, Ascend's customer base spans five continents.