text: **3.3.2 Core capabilities**
  
  Integral to the IBM Cloud Pak for Automation is a set of containerized software, both IBM and 
  open source, which includes the following components: 
  
  (cid:2) IBM Business Automation Workflow 
  
  Manual workflows can easily disrupt or slow operations. Lack of transparency and 
  dependencies on employees leave businesses vulnerable to various bottlenecks that 
  create inefficiencies. Automating workflows safeguards against potential barriers and 
  empowers business professionals to directly participate in designing business solutions. 
  Workflow automation orchestrates multiple business processes straight-through, 
  human-assisted or case management within operations and provides visibility into each 
  step. 
  
  (cid:2) IBM Operational Decision Manager 
  
  A business rules management system (BRMS) enables businesses to create and manage 
  business logic independently from applications and processes. Through business rules, 
  your team can specify decision logic in simple terms, close to natural language. Because 
  rules are easily integrated with other IT systems, your applications can scale and run 
  automated decisions across multiple channels. 
  
  When changes to business rules are required, business users can quickly update them, 
  which provides the agility and speed that is needed to meet changing business demands. 
  Decision automation uses business rules to remove manual work from a decision process, 
  which improves business agility and reducing IT reliance. 