Business Process Management (BPM)

Business Process Management (BPM)
Control over shared business processes is essential to successful partner collaboration. Business Process Management(BPM) provides control, through end-to-end processes that are modular, reusable, and easily modified.

Here is what you should look for in a solid BPM solution

Executable Diagrams- Graphical Process Modelers are used by business analysts designing specific processes-both internally and with partners. Modelers allow you to create process diagrams that document your business. The key is that they need to be fully executable too - not static. The goal is to be able to execute the diagram you draw to fully automate your processes. The integration between diagrams and the execution of the processes will allow you to generate production-ready processes rapidly.

Complex Modeling Capability - Many BPM solutions force you to think in terms of either/or. You can control processes between machines, or processes between people. Few allow you to perform complex processes that integrate both people and processes. This is key as you need to have human interaction with process automation.

Shared Workflows - Business processes need to be accessible to many users and systems in a secure and simultaneous manner. You need to have security for internal users, as well as, your trading partners. Also keep in mind that your trading partners may be both large and small companies -so you will also need to have a solution that scales to communities of all sizes. Not to mention you need a very flexible and configurable solution that accepts a large variety of document types, connectivity protocols and standards.

Secure Processes- Companies do have to consider security when releasing proprietary data. Your BPM solution must be a collaboration-ready solution that facilitates file sharing with trusted partners. But it also needs to protect against unauthorized access through tight security leveraging encryption and identity verification.

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