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Understanding the Importance of Business Process Design

Strategy Driven

Business Process Design is one of the most critical steps of BPM that needs to be designed after the proper analysis and detection. The process is more strongly associated with the development of cost-effective approaches that can ideally be implemented for the perfect execution of various tasks involved in a business.

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Debriefing as Continuous Improvement

Strategy Driven

Whether it was branded the Deming Method or Six Sigma or a host of other models, ‘continuous improvement processes’ found their way into organizations large and small and have made a major contribution to improving quality worldwide. Will Duke is Afterburner’s Director of Learning and Development.

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Before Automating Your Company?s Processes, Find Ways to Improve Them

Harvard Business Review

What sets RPA apart from other automation technologies is that its ability to imitate a human user of one or more information systems reduces development time and extends the range of functions that can be automated across a much wider range of business activities. It operates at the task level and not the end-to-end process level.”

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Mind the (Skills) Gap

Harvard Business Review

According to our analysis of data from the Department of Labor and the Bureau of Labor Statistics, the demand for the next-generation of talent is shifting: 28 percent of the most promising positions will require "considerable to extensive preparation." Project Management and Lean Six Sigma certifications both center on hands-on learning.

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Integrating Maintenance of Board Certification and Health Systems’ Quality-Improvement Programs

Harvard Business Review

Develop standards for QIPs. Develop standards for meaningful participation by individual physicians. These standards were developed in partnership with the Mayo Clinic Quality Academy, which oversees teaching, training, coaching, and supporting Mayo’s 60,000 staff to improve patient outcomes, safety, and service.

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Avoiding Catastrophic Failures in Process Improvement

Harvard Business Review

The analysis and design phase of a "bet your company" process change needs to be done thoroughly. The company in our story got so excited by its process blueprints that it forgot to develop a clear financial case. What can we learn from this failure? How can you avoid this happening to you? Quickly deliver tangible results.

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Stop Focusing on Profitability and Go for Growth

Harvard Business Review

Accordingly, business leaders sought to improve efficiency by employing Six Sigma, process reengineering, spans and layers, and other tools. In our experience, companies still focus more on cutting costs than on developing and executing new growth strategies. But the scales have now tipped in favor of accelerating growth.

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