Business process outsourcing involves the outsourcing of business functions to external companies. To clarify, many companies outsource tasks to external providers. An example may be hiring a ...

A business process is an activity or set of activities that will accomplish a specific organizational goal. It coordinates the behavior of people, systems, information, and things to produce outcomes ...

As businesses try to do more with less and respond to economic pressures, they are naturally interested in reducing costs by improving processes throughout their organizations. A number of ...

In our previous blog we posed a broad question, where do operators fit with current manufacturing technology trends? More specifically, we asked: What if we could map out each manufacturing process, ...

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 ...

Based on industry standard BPMN2.0 (business process model & notation), API mPower helps organizations automate and accelerate virtually any business process. Examples include sales cycle management, ...

Andrew Bloomenthal has 20+ years of editorial experience as a financial journalist and as a financial services marketing writer. Natalya Yashina is a CPA, DASM with over 12 years of experience in ...

As a business owner or operations manager responsible for production, understanding the supply chain is essential to the success of your business. Any obstacle or impediment to the smooth flow of ...

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