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ALSO CALLED: Management Operations, Business Functions, Business Operations DEFINITION: A business process is a set of coordinated tasks and activities, conducted by both people and equipment, that will lead to accomplishing a specific organizational goal. Business process management (BPM) is a systematic approach to improving those processes. The Business Process Management Initiative (BPMI), a non-profit organization, exists to promote the standardization of common business processes, … Definition continues below.
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Returns Management Process: Software Maturity Model sponsored by TAKE Supply Chain WHITE PAPER: This paper is designed to provide a blueprint for evaluating software solutions that have the potential to assist organizations in meeting their returns objectives. This model can also serve as a useful tool in objectively identifying compelling yet rudimentary products. Posted: 16 Nov 2009 \| Published: 16 Nov 2009 TOPICS: Business Process Management \| Business Process Modeling \| Business Processes \| Logistics Outsourcing Services \| Manufacturing \| Manufacturing Industry \| Manufacturing Software \| Supply Chain Collaboration \| Supply Chain Management \| Supply Chain Software \| Supply Chains

Seven Proven Strategies to Succeed in Reverse Logistics sponsored by TAKE Supply Chain WEBCAST: In this webcast you'll learn about the seven best practice strategies that your company needs to transform your reverse logistics into a value-added process. You will also gain a fresh perspective on developing the practices and methods needed to recapture value from returned items, protecting your brand’s integrity, and more! Posted: 16 Nov 2009 \| Premiered: 16 Nov 2009 TOPICS: Business Process Management \| Business Process Modeling \| Business Processes \| Demand Chains \| Manufacturing \| Manufacturing Industry \| Supply Chain Management \| Supply Chain Software \| Supply Chains

A Practitioner’s Guide to More Efficient Network Management sponsored by Hewlett-Packard Company WHITE PAPER: Read this white paper to learn the four key initiatives for attacking network management inefficiency and how automation solutions from HP can help. Posted: 13 Nov 2009 \| Published: 13 Nov 2009 TOPICS: Business Process Automation \| Business Processes \| Change Management \| Configuration Management \| IT Management \| Network Configuration Management \| Network Management \| Network Performance

Business Process Modeling with UML sponsored by IBM VIDEO: In this screencast, get the background on UML and BPM and see a demonstration of how activity diagrams can be used to model business processes. Posted: 13 Nov 2009 \| Premiered: 13 Nov 2009 TOPICS: Business Process Management \| Business Process Modeling \| Business Processes \| Programming Languages \| UML

A Close Look at BPEL sponsored by IBM VIDEO: BPEL is an XML-based language that defines the execution of a business process. It is used to implement a particular flow through computer services. Now an OASIS standard, BPEL grew out of separate initiatives at IBM, Microsoft, and BEA to create an orchestration language for business processes. Posted: 13 Nov 2009 \| Premiered: 13 Nov 2009 TOPICS: BPEL \| Business Process Management \| Business Processes \| Programming \| Programming Languages \| XML

Podcast: Data Warehousing Basics for SQL Server Analysis Services sponsored by Flowerfire, Inc. PODCAST: In this expert podcast, learn how to build your data warehouse for your SQL Server environment. Discover the necessary steps involved and learn about major concepts, including relational data warehousing and supported SQL Server Analysis Services (SSAS) storage formats. Posted: 13 Nov 2009 \| Premiered: 13 Nov 2009 TOPICS: Backups \| Business Intelligence \| Business Processes \| Data Warehouses \| Disaster Recovery \| High Availability \| Server Management \| SQL \| SQL Server \| Storage Management

Data Warehousing Basics for SQL Server Analysis Services sponsored by Flowerfire, Inc. WEBCAST: In this expert webcast, learn how to build your data warehouse for your SQL Server environment. Discover the necessary steps involved and learn about major concepts, including relational data warehousing and supported SQL Server Analysis Services (SSAS) storage formats. Posted: 13 Nov 2009 \| Premiered: 13 Nov 2009 TOPICS: Backups \| Business Intelligence \| Business Processes \| Clustering \| Data Warehouses \| Disaster Recovery \| High Availability \| SQL \| SQL Server \| Storage Capacity

Empowering the Business to Sense and Respond: Delivering Business Event Processing with IBM WebSphere Business Events sponsored by IBM WHITE PAPER: This paper addresses one of the critical IBM technologies for supporting agility and alignment, Business Event Processing (BEP). Posted: 11 Nov 2009 \| Published: 11 Nov 2009 TOPICS: Business Activity Monitoring \| Business Process Management \| Business Processes \| SOA \| Software Selection \| Web Services

Whitepaper-- IBM InfoSphere Software: Trusted Information sponsored by IBM WHITE PAPER: Read this paper to learn how you can use IBM's InfoSphere software, and integrated platform for trusted information, to align business and IT, accelerate your projects for faster time to value, leverage your existing infrastructire, and adapt to the changing needs of your business. Posted: 11 Nov 2009 \| Published: 11 Nov 2009 TOPICS: Business IT Alignment \| Business Processes \| Data Integration \| Data Management \| Information Management \| IT Infrastructure \| IT Management \| Master Data Management

The New Voice of the CIO: 2009 Global CIO Study - Perspectives for Midsize Organizations sponsored by IBM ANALYST REPORT: How can today's CIO make the biggest impact on their organization? Learn more here. Posted: 10 Nov 2009 \| Published: 10 Nov 2009 TOPICS: Business Intelligence \| Business Intelligence Software \| Business IT Alignment \| Business Models \| Business Process Management \| Business Processes \| CIOs \| ROI \| Virtualization Security

Online Trial: Rational System Architect sponsored by IBM SOFTWARE DOWNLOAD: Try IBM® Rational® System Architect® V11.3, which enables business managers and IT professionals to plan, model, and execute changes to improve their business strategy and process as well as the IT systems and infrastructure that support them, enabling successful enterprise planning and transformation. Posted: 04 Nov 2009 \| Published: 04 Nov 2009 TOPICS: Business IT Alignment \| Business Processes \| Enterprise Asset Management Software \| Enterprise Resource Management \| Enterprise Systems \| IT Infrastructure \| IT Management \| IT Spending \| IT Systems

Using Performance Drivers to Enhance Business Success: Identifying, Visualizing and Analyzing Key Performance Drivers (KPD metrics) sponsored by myDIALS Inc. WHITE PAPER: This paper examines performance metrics and focuses on the nature, identification and use of Key Performance Drivers to enhance business success. It illustrates how these KPD metrics can be visualized and logically related to the Key Performance Indicators that measure those outcomes. Posted: 04 Nov 2009 \| Published: 04 Nov 2009 TOPICS: Business Models \| Business Process Management \| Business Processes \| Equity Financing \| Operational Amplifiers \| Performance Testing \| Sales \| Sales Force Automation \| Sales Representatives

Desperate Times Call for Strategic Measures, Part II sponsored by Atos Origin WHITE PAPER: This is a follow up to "Desperate Times Call for Strategic Measures" which argued that now is the time to consider an IT transformation project. This article will explore the viability and benefits of upgrading to SAP 6.0. Posted: 04 Nov 2009 \| Published: 04 Nov 2009 TOPICS: Business IT Alignment \| Business Performance Management \| Business Process Automation \| Business Process Management \| Business Process Modeling \| Business Processes \| ERP \| SAP (Product)

Desperate Times Calls for Strategic Measures: Get the most out of your SAP ERP System sponsored by Atos Origin WHITE PAPER: In this paper a veteran SAP consultant argues why now is the perfect time implement a Business Process Lifecycle Management (BPLM) enabled ERP system. Posted: 04 Nov 2009 \| Published: 04 Nov 2009 TOPICS: Best Practices \| Business Process Automation \| Business Process Management \| Business Process Modeling \| Business Processes \| ERP \| IT Infrastructure \| IT Management \| Microsoft Office \| SAP (Product)

Business Process Lifecycle Management (BPLM) Enabled SAP Implementation sponsored by Atos Origin WHITE PAPER: In this paper a 20 year veteran in the chemical manufacturing sector provides Best Practices for BPLM enabled SAP implementations. Posted: 04 Nov 2009 \| Published: 04 Nov 2009 TOPICS: Best Practices \| Business Process Automation \| Business Process Management \| Business Processes \| Enterprise Content Management \| Enterprise Resource Management \| ERP \| ERP Software \| SAP (Product)

Delivering More Value: What’s New in RRC 2.0 sponsored by IBM WEBCAST: IBM Rational ® Requirements Composer helps teams define requirements more effectively and apply 'just enough' management to them across the project lifecycle. Join this webcast to learn more. Posted: 04 Nov 2009 \| Premiered: 04 Nov 2009 TOPICS: Business Intelligence \| Business Performance Management \| Business Process Management \| Business Processes \| Business Systems \| Project Management \| Project Management Software \| Project Portfolio Management

ROI Calculators: Requirements-Driven Quality sponsored by IBM ASSESSMENT TOOL: Check out these three ROI calculators for estimates on your return on investment using one or more IBM solutions. Posted: 04 Nov 2009 \| Published: 04 Nov 2009 TOPICS: Business Process Management \| Business Processes \| Investments \| ROI \| Software \| Software Best Practices \| Software Development Life-Cycles \| Software Development Methodologies \| Software Quality Assurance

Webcast - Are You Making the Best Decisions for Your Organization? Make Better Decisions by Overcoming Information Blind Spots sponsored by IBM WEBCAST: Learn how the new IBM Performance management and measurement solution automatically provides real-time information from across the entire development lifecycle for complete visibility into progress. Posted: 03 Nov 2009 \| Premiered: 03 Nov 2009 TOPICS: Business IT Alignment \| Business Management \| Business Performance Management \| Business Processes \| Performance Testing \| Real-time Analytics

Webcast - Towards a Smarter Enterprise: Driving Business Efficiency and Innovation sponsored by IBM WEBCAST: Join this webcast to learn how organizations can leverage process and technology analysis and planning; then design, execute and govern effectively and efficiently. Posted: 03 Nov 2009 \| Premiered: 03 Nov 2009 TOPICS: Business IT Alignment \| Business Process Management \| Business Processes \| Business Systems \| Enterprise Resource Management \| Enterprise Systems

Complex Event Processing and Service-Oriented Architecture sponsored by Progress Software, Inc. WEBCAST: This webcast shows the potential roles of both general and complex event processing within your SOA initiative, and how these two approaches can be applied in a complementary fashion to meet a variety of business objectives. Posted: 30 Oct 2009 \| Premiered: 30 Oct 2009 TOPICS: Application Life-Cycle Management \| Business Development \| Business Management \| Business Performance Management \| Business Process Management \| Business Processes \| SOA \| SOA Governance

IBM Security Framework Blueprint (Redbook August '09) sponsored by IBM WHITE PAPER: IBM has created a pair of complementary views to bridge the communication gap between the business and the technical perspectives of security to enable convergence in thought and process. The IBM Security Framework addresses the business view, and the IBM Security Blueprint addresses the technical view. Posted: 28 Oct 2009 \| Published: 28 Oct 2009 TOPICS: Business IT Alignment \| Business Management \| Business Processes \| Business Systems \| Compliance (Systems Operations) \| Payment Card Industry \| Payment Card Industry Data Security Standard Compliance \| Security Management \| Security Policies

Take a Holistic Approach to Business-Driven Security sponsored by IBM WHITE PAPER: This paper introduces actions that organizations can take to drive security efforts from a business and operational perspective and discusses how security leadership from IBM can help enable their success. Posted: 28 Oct 2009 \| Published: 28 Oct 2009 TOPICS: Business IT Alignment \| Business Management \| Business Processes \| CRM \| Risk Management \| Security Management \| Security Threats \| SOA \| Vulnerability Management

Securing a Dynamic Infrastructure sponsored by IBM WHITE PAPER: This white paper describes how security that is built into a dynamic infrastructure can mitigate risks, enabling agility, secure collaboration, and business transformation. The IBM Security Framework and lifecycle approach can help address changing business requirements. Posted: 27 Oct 2009 \| Published: 27 Oct 2009 TOPICS: Business IT Alignment \| Business Processes \| Business Systems \| Collaboration \| IT Infrastructure \| Risk Management \| Security Infrastructure \| Security Management

HCL Insurance BPO Services Transforms Its Mainframe Environment to Reduce Costs by 75% and Improve Service Performance sponsored by Micro Focus, Ltd CASE STUDY: Following a Business Process Outsourcing agreement for the administration of Life and Pension products, HCL Insurance BPO Services, undertook a full analysis of the inherited infrastructure. A risk was identified with the third party mainframe used to host its CAPSIL insurance application. Posted: 27 Oct 2009 \| Published: 27 Oct 2009 TOPICS: Business Process Outsourcing \| Business Processes \| COBOL \| Data Migration \| Insurance Industry \| IT Managers \| Mainframe Server Hardware

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BUSINESS PROCESSES DEFINITION (continued): … A business process is a set of coordinated tasks and activities, conducted by both people and equipment, that will lead to accomplishing a specific organizational goal. Business process management (BPM) is a systematic approach to improving those processes. The Business Process Management Initiative (BPMI), a non-profit organization, exists to promote the standardization of common business processes, as a means of furthering e-business and business-to-business (B2B) development. To this end, the organization has developed the Business Process Modeling Language (BPML), an Extensible Markup Language (XML)-based metalanguage for modeling business processes.
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