Does Your Workflow Software Support Outstanding Workflow Management?
A workflow is a sequence of steps through which work passes as it goes from initiation to conclusion. Automated workflows are those where some or all of those steps are automated. If the purpose of a workflow is to achieve a result or complete some process, then the purpose of workflow management is to achieve […]
Don’t Forget the ‘Three P’s’ When Upgrading Workflow Technology
It’s easy to get tunnel vision when it’s time to upgrade workflow technology. For example, if your network is too slow, you want to upgrade it so it’s fast enough and has sufficient bandwidth that it won’t bog down. If it’s time to replace the additive technology machines you bought a couple of years back, […]
Workflows for These 4 IT Processes Deliver Multiple Benefits
IT workers deal with both predictable and unpredictable situations, and their work is essential to smooth business operation. While some IT processes cannot be taken over by automated workflows, many aspects of day-to-day IT operation can be automated. Doing this not only helps ensure efficiency and transparency, but also helps free up IT workers to […]
Customer Service Workflows Maximize Customer Satisfaction and Empower Employees
No company is an island, and every company depends on having customers – and on having employees who understand what customers need. According to New Voice Media, the top reason why customer switch providers for products and services is that they feel unappreciated. And one-third of Americans say they consider switching providers after a single […]
Use Automated Workflows to Achieve Data Integrity with Remote Teams
It wasn’t that long ago that we all marveled at the potential of cloud applications – especially for distributed work teams. Benefits of cloud computing are obvious. Less obvious are potential data integrity problems that can result from scattered work teams. Software run in the cloud freed workers from their desktop workstations and made it […]
Use Online Forms and Workflows to Power Ideas and Innovation
The best ideas and innovations for your business may come from your employees. The people who carry out work processes every day are in the perfect position to identify bottlenecks and inefficiencies, and quite often they think of ways to overcome these problems. But not all businesses are friendly to innovation, and that’s a shame. […]
Your Workflow Software Is the Key to Successful Digital Process Automation
Business process management, or BPM, involves improving a business process by analyzing it, modeling how it might work under various conditions, and ultimately making it better from end to end. BPM may or may not involve automation or making a process “digital.” Digital process automation, or DPA, is about taking business process management to another […]
The Global Workflow Software Market Is Booming: Why It Matters
Demand for workflow software is growing for several reasons, including the rise in technological advancements, growth in the overall business market, and rising realization that workflow software makes sense for just about any type of business. Automated workflows allow businesses to improve consistency of the products and services they provide. They add predictability to business […]
The Importance of Documenting Workflow Creation for Sharing
One of the most positive “side effects” of creating an automated workflow to better manage a business process is that it often inspires ideas for creating other helpful automated workflows. Suppose one department creates a workflow for tracking departmental employee training. Other departments, upon seeing the benefits of such a workflow, may conclude that their […]
Automated Workflows Help Increase Inventory Turns, Reduce Excesses
Inventory turnover is important for many reasons, with the main one being that so many businesses have so much money tied up in inventory. Excess inventory that isn’t sold cuts into profits. Another problem with excess inventory is that consumer tastes change. What was once a hot item may not be so in six months, […]
