There are best practices, standard operating procedures and several types of processes in the business world. Processes help maintain order and provide guidelines for a smooth workflow. They are what ...

Business Process Management (BPM) encompasses the systematic analysis, design, execution, monitoring and optimisation of organisational processes. It provides a framework that guides continuous ...

This month we have been looking at Information Agility, describing it as a way of not just managing our information, but also of managing it such a way so as to be able to respond to rapid changes ...

ActionBase – Human processes are business processes that generate a business outcome that is heavily dependent on interactions between people. These are also called “tacit interactions†by ...

I mapped my first business process diagram over 35 years ago when I joined Accenture. I used a hierarchical diagram format called IDEF0 to describe an ERP system we were implementing at a U.K. defense ...

Preserving company processes and culture are key ingredients in a successful merger or acquisition. Consider the case of Whole Foods and Amazon. Amazon’s summer 2017 acquisition of Whole Foods ...

Projects are the cornerstone of all business activities in small companies. Firms must complete various projects to achieve their financial goals and obtain information. Business owners and managers ...

When you sell physical goods, you want your customers to receive their orders on time. This requires a good understanding of product distribution. Furthermore, it's important to choose the right ...