Realizing ROI from Automating Business Processes

Business Process Management (BPM)
Realizing ROI from Automating Business Processes
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Table of Contents
Executive Summary................................................................................................... 3Introduction: The Process is the Basic Unit of Business Value.................................... 3Why BPM Now?........................................................................................................ 3Categories of Cost Savings........................................................................................ 4Automation Also Brings Cost Savings to IT................................................................ 5Where BPM Can Help You Meet Challenges Successfully.......................................... 6Soft Benefits of BPM.................................................................................................. 7® LANDesk Process Manager...................................................................................... 7Conclusion................................................................................................................. 8
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Executive SummaryToday's economic reality is one of increased competition, informed and demanding customers, commoditization of products and services, and relentless pressure to cut costs. Companies are again being asked to do more with less. Implementing Business Process Management (BPM) technology offers significant opportunity for automation and efficiency gains and return-on-investment across a wide range of business needs and functions, including accounts payable, procurement, human resources, order management and more.This white paper examines some of the business benefits and potential cost savings that can accrue to an organization that ®implements a BPM solution. It also provides a brief introduction to LANDesk Process Manager software from LANDesk, designed to help your organization improve business efficiency and effectiveness by automating processes for a relatively inexpensive investment.
Introduction: The Process is the Basic Unit of Business ValueAccording to business process analysis and design expert, Dr. Laury Verner, businesses and governments over the past decade have devoted increasing attention to business processes-to their description, automation, and management. This interest, says Verner, grows out of the need to streamline business operations, consolidate organizations, and reduce costs, reflecting the fact that the process is the basic unit of business value within an organization.
As Verner writes in ACM Queue,
The design and automation of business processes warrants its own field of study, known as business process management (BPM). BPM has emerged as a critical cross-discipline control and process enabler, and is responsible for ensuring consistency in planning and performance management while reducing costs across the enterprise.
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