Business process management (BPM)

Business process management (BPM) is the discipline of improving a business process from end to end by analyzing it, modelling how it works in different scenarios, applying improvements, monitoring the improved process and continually optimizing it.. See complete definition.

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Heathrow Airport takes to the cloud with Oracle Fusion Applications

Airport has implemented a full spread of Oracle Cloud Applications, including ERP and HCM, as it looks to recover from the pandemic
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Twinings selects Rise with SAP to simplify its business brew

Tea company Twinings Ovaltine has chosen SAP’s Rise subscription service to simplify its relationship with the supplier and focus on future growth
January 06, 2022 06 Jan'22
How far has Saudi Arabia come with open data?

While clearly on the right path, Saudi Arabia still has a lot to do before it reaps the full benefits of open data
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Top 10 business applications stories of 2021

2021 saw enterprise software suppliers and users envisaging a nimbler future, beyond the Covid pandemic, with more loosely coupled ERP systems, more flexible business processes, and a renewed digital-first focus on customers

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APAC buyer’s guide to robotic process automation

In this buyer’s guide on RPA, we look at where the technology fits into the broader automation landscape, and other purchase and implementation considerations Continue Reading
Covid-accelerated recruitment digitisation to gain sophistication with hybrid models

Recruitment has had to go remote and digital during the Covid-19 pandemic crisis and looks set to fill out and become more sophisticated as hybrid models of working emerge Continue Reading

B2B tech skills as the Cinderella of public policy

When government ministers or their policy wonks think of technology and the economy, you can virtually guarantee they are thinking of consumer tech companies, mostly from the west coast of the US. ... Continue Reading
The Wikipedia Effect on digital transformation: collaboration not dictatorship

This is a guest blogpost by Gero Decker, General Manager SAP Business Process Intelligence & Co-founder of Signavio. Despite the growing importance of successful digital transformation, a ... Continue Reading
Why and how RPA differentiation must advance beyond hype

This is a guest blogpost by Jason Kingdon, chairman and CEO, Blue Prism Robotic Process Automation’s potential to transform the way we work means every technology vendor under the sun is now ... Continue Reading

Harness data to make better business conversations

Productive business conversations require a data culture underpinned by data literacy and balanced by humanistic values Continue Reading
Reaching the data gold standard: dream or reality?

The pandemic has forced businesses to adopt digital technology at a record pace but most organisations find themselves at the beginning of a long journey towards making the most of their data Continue Reading
Driving digitisation: open standards in process automation

Organisations often can’t take advantage of advances in digital technology due to the lack of interoperability in their IT systems in different facilities, but open standards promise a way forward Continue Reading