business process
Systematic organizational activity
A business process is a series of linked tasks that produce a specific outcome for an organization: We need to streamline our order fulfillment business process.
The term frames routine operations—hiring, invoicing, customer service—as systems that can be documented, measured, and improved.
Business process often appears in discussions of efficiency and automation.
Prescribed sequence of actions
- sequenceOrdered succession of elements
- taskWork to be done
- flowchartDiagram showing workflow steps
- documentationWritten proof or instructions
standardization · steps · phases · handoff · coordination · execution · lifecycle · operation
Lacking fat; incline
- kaizenPhilosophy of incremental progress
- reengineeringFundamentally reworking existing processes
- continuous improvementIncremental ongoing enhancement
- benchmarkingMeasuring against top performers
cycle time · throughput · streamlining · kanban · performance metrics · gap analysis · best practices
Automated software agents
- scriptingWriting executable commands
- digital transformationAdopting technology across operations
- task automationSoftware handling repetitive duties
- integrationCombining into a whole
orchestration · rule-based · triggers · scheduling · low-code · no-code · API · system integration
procedure
Prescribed sequence of actions
documentation · standardization · steps · phases · handoff · coordination · execution · lifecycle · operation · activity
lean
Lacking fat; incline
- kaizenPhilosophy of incremental progress
- reengineeringFundamentally reworking existing processes
- continuous improvementIncremental ongoing enhancement
benchmarking · cycle time · throughput · streamlining · kanban · performance metrics · gap analysis · best practices
bots
Automated software agents
- scriptingWriting executable commands
- digital transformationAdopting technology across operations
- task automationSoftware handling repetitive duties
integration · orchestration · rule-based · triggers · scheduling · low-code · no-code · API · system integration
- processesmanufacturing, dissolving, fermentation, subprocess, dilution
- process improvementcontinuous improvement, kaizen, plan, do, check
business processchaos
Complete disorder and confusion
improvisation · disorder · disorganization · entropy · anarchy
business processwaste
Unwanted discarded material
busywork · inefficiency · drift · meandering · wheel-spinning
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