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Process Modeling as Key Technique for Embedding the Practices of Business Process Management in Organization

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The growing competition asks for high efficiency in business with the aid of Business Process Management (BPM). This article proposes a practical initiative to incorporate and leverage the BPM into organization. The research commences with the overview on the proliferation of BPM in academic community and industry. The authors modeled the appropriate processes to provide the frame for understanding and applying the BPM methodology within any organization. The obtained result, Supplier – Input – Process – Output – Customer (SIPOC) diagram maps out flow and process relationships that help document and communicate stakeholders how BPM processes should be performed.

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Fleacă, E., Fleacă, B., Maiduc, S. (2016). Process Modeling as Key Technique for Embedding the Practices of Business Process Management in Organization. In: Borangiu, T., Dragoicea, M., Nóvoa, H. (eds) Exploring Services Science. IESS 2016. Lecture Notes in Business Information Processing, vol 247. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-32689-4_7

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