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A recent InformationWeek article references a Deloitte survey that indicates business are increasing IT spend on tools that drive… View More

The entire BPM Guide is now available free at http://get.integrify.com/bpm-guide. This is a guest series by Joanne Wortman, an independent business/technology consultant and freelance writer in the NY Metro area. She has almost two decades of experience providing business process optimization, organizational change management, M&A integration, and program… View More

When talking to companies looking for workflow automation solutions we often find we're competing against a potential homegrown solution. This certainly isn't unique to workflow automation software vendors as the ability to build applications with internal resources has gotten easier over the years and development talent has become more and more available. That means that building internally is always one possible option for companies… View More

Process optimization is critical to ensuring process improvement projects meet the expected results. Once you've gone through process mapping, as per our previous article, it's time to begin the optimization… View More

When an organization depends on a loosely-structured format like email or spreadsheets to collect information it runs the risk of the employee self-editing out valuable information. The lack of structure in gathering information typically results in costly rework or critical decisions made on incomplete information. It also makes maintaining compliant procedures and running audits a nightmare. Imagine managing employee travel expenses… View More

This is a guest series by Joanne Wortman, an independent business/technology consultant and freelance writer in the NY Metro area. She has almost two decades of experience providing business process optimization, organizational change management, M&A integration, and program management across many business sectors, with a concentration in manufacturing. Once you've scoped and prioritized your business process architecture… View More

My intention was to collect a series of Independence Day-related flowcharts, but it turns out there aren't any. I figured someone must have created a "How to decide which firework to shoot off" or "How we decided to fight for our independence" but, alas. Instead I present an assortment of flowcharts in order of seriousness. That way you can finish on something (truly) light and silly as you head off for a long weekend. Happy Fourth of July!… View More

  With what seems to be an ever-growing focus on corporate governance, companies in any industry are under increased pressure to not only follow the letter of the law, but also the spirit of industry rules and regulations. In addition to serving end clients or corporate shareholders, companies need to satisfy auditors and regulators alike. In a perfect world, everyone would do everything right, all the time. Of course, as… View More

This is a guest series by Joanne Wortman, an independent business/technology consultant and freelance writer in the NY Metro area. She has almost two decades of experience providing business process optimization, organizational change management, M&A integration, and program management across many business sectors, with a concentration in manufacturing. In our previous post, we introduced the concept of Business Process… View More

Note: The entire BPM Guide can now be viewed or downloaded for free here. This is a guest series by Joanne Wortman, an independent business/technology consultant and freelance writer in the NY Metro area. She has almost two decades of experience providing business process optimization, organizational change management, M&A integration, and program management across many… View More