Business Process Management

Over the past few decades, supply chains have become much more complicated. Globalization, intense customer demands, and new technologies have made things more efficient, but also more multi-faceted. While computer systems remove some of the burden of maze that is managing a supply chain, better business process management can help untangle the intricate web.

What is Business Process Management?
Simply speaking, business process management involves implementing, analyzing, and changing the basic, repetitive processes that make a business’ world go ’round. It’s finding a way to make those processes easier, smoother, and more productive. It looks at the end result of these processes and each step along the way, carefully evaluating the effectiveness of both, always asking whether there’s a way to improve upon the status quo.