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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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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

SAP® Business All-in-One Fast-Start Program: Creating Affordable, Flexible Solutions for Faster Value sponsored by SAP AG WHITE PAPER: The SAP® Business All-in-One fast-start program enables you to configure a solution online, obtain an estimate of costs, and implement the solution quickly and cost-effectively. It delivers rapid time to value and lets you tailor the solution to meet your changing needs, protecting your long-term investment. Posted: 26 Oct 2009 \| Published: 26 Oct 2009 TOPICS: Business Intelligence \| Business IT Alignment \| Business Processes \| IT Services \| IT Spending \| Operational Metrics (Systems) \| SAP (Product) \| SMBs

Operational BI: Getting Real Time About Performance sponsored by SAP AG WHITE PAPER: This report provides a roadmap for the strategies and capabilities that Best-in-Class companies are employing to improve operational performance. Posted: 26 Oct 2009 \| Published: 26 Oct 2009 TOPICS: Business Activity Monitoring \| Business Intelligence \| Business Intelligence Software \| Business IT Alignment \| Business Performance Management \| Business Process Management \| Business Processes \| Inventory Management \| Manufacturing Systems \| Operational Metrics (Systems) \| SAP (Product)

Using Advanced Analytics: Gain Insight into Your Revenue Stream sponsored by SAP BusinessObjects WHITE PAPER: Read this paper to learn how analytics can help you leverage the right combination of people, processes, and information. With analytics, you can analyze your sales and marketing processes to gain insights more quickly and improve business performance. Read on to learn how by using analytics you can increase top-line revenue. Posted: 26 Oct 2009 \| Published: 26 Oct 2009 TOPICS: Business Intelligence \| Business Performance Management \| Business Process Management \| Business Processes \| Marketing \| Reporting Software \| Revenue Projections \| Sales \| SAP (Product)

The Importance of Measuring ROI: The Indicator of Business and IT Performance sponsored by SAP AG WHITE PAPER: A disciplined IT performance measurement program is critical not only for business growth but also for economic viability. This paper provides a framework for a Return on IT (ROIT™) methodology and discusses how to deploy it within a company's business processes. Posted: 26 Oct 2009 \| Published: 26 Oct 2009 TOPICS: Business IT Alignment \| Business Process Management \| Business Processes \| Business Systems \| Enterprise Resource Management \| Enterprise Systems \| IT Spending \| ROI \| SAP (Product)

Business Intelligence: A Guide for Midsize Companies—Improving Your Company’s Efficiency and Effectiveness, No Matter Its Size sponsored by SAP AG WHITE PAPER: While your company has continued to improve its operating efficiencies, you feel your company should be spending more time analyzing what's going on and predicting and planning for the future. This white paper from SAP offers guidance on how to improve the efficiency and effectiveness of your company with business intelligence. Posted: 26 Oct 2009 \| Published: 26 Oct 2009 TOPICS: Analytic Applications Software \| Business Intelligence \| Business Processes \| Data Warehouses \| Operational Metrics (Systems) \| SAP (Product) \| SMBs \| Software as a Service

Pragmatic BPM and SOA Virtual Seminar sponsored by SearchSOA.com VIRTUAL SEMINAR: This free, one-day virtual seminar provides insight into useful business process management (BPM) design patterns and how to effectively link the business and modern software services. Attend to hear our experts explore the truths and myths of BPM and service-oriented architecture (SOA) as well as agile approaches to BPM and SOA. Posted: 26 Oct 2009 \| Published: 26 Oct 2009 TOPICS: Application Development \| Business Process Management \| Business Process Reengineering \| Business Processes \| Composite Applications Software \| Enterprise Applications Software \| Infrastructure Management \| Project Management \| SOA

eGuide: Business Process Management (BPM) sponsored by IBM EGUIDE: Read this E-Guide to learn what businesses are doing to streamline processes and enhance productivity by successfully implementing business process management (BPM). Posted: 22 Oct 2009 \| Published: 22 Oct 2009 TOPICS: Business Management \| Business Process Management \| Business Process Management Software \| Business Processes \| Business Systems \| Enterprise Resource Management \| SOA \| SOA Governance

Business Network Transformation: Product and Service Leadership sponsored by SAP America Inc WHITE PAPER: For manufacturers today, achieving strategic goals requires not only intimately understanding technology and markets but also overcoming higher hurdles that have been exacerbated by trends toward globalization and outsourcing. Read on to learn more about how your company can achieve product and service leadership. Posted: 21 Oct 2009 \| Published: 21 Oct 2009 TOPICS: Business Intelligence \| Business Process Management \| Business Processes \| Manufacturing \| Manufacturing Industry \| Manufacturing Industry Organizations \| PLM \| Product Development \| Product Life Cycles \| Product Management

Continuous Innovation for Product and Service Leadership: An Approach Driven by Business Value sponsored by SAP America Inc WHITE PAPER: The need to keep product and service offerings fresh is not a new concept in business today, but the new approach is involving a network of business partners and even customers in their quest to innovate. This process is called "continuous product and service innovation." Posted: 21 Oct 2009 \| Published: 21 Oct 2009 TOPICS: Business Process Management \| Business Processes \| ERP \| Manufacturing \| Manufacturing Industry \| Manufacturing Industry Organizations \| Manufacturing Systems \| PLM \| Product Life Cycles \| Product Management

Productive Programmer: On the Lam from the Furniture Police sponsored by TheServerSide.com VIDEO: This keynote describes the frustrations of modern knowledge workers in their quest to actually get some work done, and solutions for how to guard yourself against all those distractions. Posted: 21 Oct 2009 \| Premiered: 21 Oct 2009 TOPICS: Application Life-Cycle Management \| Best Practices \| Business Models \| Business Processes \| Java \| Software Development Tools

How to ensure data privacy compliance in the application testing environment sponsored by Compuware Corporation WHITE PAPER: This paper discusses a five-step best practices approach to implementing a cost-effective and timely data privacy solution. It also details a brief case study illustrating how Compuware’s combination of tools, technology, best practices and customized services can save time and money. Posted: 20 Oct 2009 \| Published: 20 Oct 2009 TOPICS: Best Practices \| Business Performance Management \| Business Processes \| Compliance (Finance) \| Data Modeling \| Gramm-Leach-Bliley Act \| HIPAA Compliance

Creating a Case for Accounts Payable Automation in SAP® Systems: Streamlining Cost Containment and Maximizing Cash Flow sponsored by Dolphin Corporation WHITE PAPER: This whitepaper discusses best practices options and a solid approach to implementing solutions for automating and optimizing Accounts Payable in the SAP environment. Posted: 19 Oct 2009 \| Published: 19 Oct 2009 TOPICS: Business Process Automation \| Business Process Management \| Business Process Management Software \| Business Processes \| Corporations \| ERP \| ERP Software \| Financial Management \| SAP (Product)

BPM Blueworks: The Easy On-Ramp to Business Process Management (BPM) sponsored by IBM PRODUCT OVERVIEW: With BPM BlueWorks from IBM, it's never been easier to get started with BPM. Using cloud-based processes and strategy tools, BPM BlueWorks allows you to capture and collaborate on BPM Business Designs, discover and contribute industry-specific BPM content and participate easily in the community. See how today. Posted: 16 Oct 2009 \| Published: 16 Oct 2009 TOPICS: Business Intelligence \| Business Intelligence Software \| Business Management \| Business Performance Management \| Business Process Management \| Business Process Management Software \| Business Processes \| Cloud Computing \| SOA

Business Process Management Best Practices sponsored by PointSource EGUIDE: The roles that business and IT play in BPM are significantly different and understanding those roles is critical to the success of a BPM Solution. This Pocket E-Guide will identify the role each side plays, why the combined roles are important and the effect that implementing a Center of Excellence (COE) plays in the process. Posted: 16 Oct 2009 \| Published: 16 Oct 2009 TOPICS: Business Intelligence \| Business Intelligence Software \| Business Process Management \| Business Process Management Software \| Business Processes \| SOA \| SOA Governance

Dynamic Business Processes Podcast Series: Tips for Thriving in Today’s Economy with BPM sponsored by IBM PODCAST: Today, more than ever, organizations must deliver the benefits of cost optimization and business agility. This podcast series explains how that goal can be realized through dynamic Business Processes Management. The series focuses on banking, government, healthcare, insurance, cross-industry and retail. Posted: 15 Oct 2009 \| Premiered: 15 Oct 2009 TOPICS: Business Intelligence \| Business Management \| Business Performance Management \| Business Process Automation \| Business Process Management \| Business Processes \| Business Systems \| SOA

IBM Web Seminar: Dynamic Process Change to Optimize Cost and Agility sponsored by IBM WEBCAST: Tune into this Web Seminar to hear BPM industry analysts, Dr. Bruce Silver and Amy Lipton share how dynamic BPM powered by the IBM Smart SOA approach can help you react quickly and drive ROI. After the seminar you'll receive a complimentary IBM BPM assessment for a targeted analysis of your current situation. Posted: 15 Oct 2009 \| Premiered: 15 Oct 2009 TOPICS: Business Intelligence \| Business Intelligence Software \| Business Management \| Business Performance Management \| Business Process Management \| Business Processes \| SOA

Aligning Lean Six Sigma, Business Process Management and SOA to Accelerate Results sponsored by IBM WEBCAST: There has never been a more important time to uncover process waste, reduce non-value adding activity, and increase productivity. Accelerate results by aligning Lean Six Sigma, BPM and SOA. Find out more about best practices, the value of measures and monitoring, and how to get started in this webcast. Posted: 15 Oct 2009 \| Premiered: 15 Oct 2009 TOPICS: Business Intelligence \| Business Management \| Business Performance Management \| Business Process Management \| Business Process Reengineering \| Business Processes \| Six Sigma \| SOA

Improve Synchronization with Streamlined Order Management and Communication: Petmate® Case Study sponsored by TAKE Supply Chain CASE STUDY: Petmate enlisted the help of TAKE Supply Chain's X.PC to not only streamline the administration of contract manufacturing for Petmate. Read this case study to learn how X.PC transformed Petmate's manual approach to working with manufacturers through a Web-based collaborative environment that improved shared communications. Posted: 15 Oct 2009 \| Published: 15 Oct 2009 TOPICS: Business Process Automation \| Business Process Automation Software \| Business Process Management \| Business Processes \| Collaboration \| ERP \| ERP Software \| Manufacturing \| Manufacturing Industry \| Supply Chain Collaboration \| Supply Chain Management

The Business Case for Automating Document Driven Business Processes sponsored by Kofax, Inc. WHITE PAPER: This white paper provides the compelling case for taking an enterprise approach to automating document driven business processes. Find out how document capture is quickly moving toward mainstream adoption and how the shift from scan-to-archive to scan-to-process is profoundly changing the strategic importance of capture as an enterprise standard. Posted: 14 Oct 2009 \| Published: 14 Oct 2009 TOPICS: Business Process Automation \| Business Process Management \| Business Processes \| Data Management \| Document Management \| Document Management Software \| Enterprise Content Management \| Records Management

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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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