| Visual Business Process Management Tool | | | | regardless of whether your members are next door |
| Business process mapping software provides a useful | | | | or around the world, and without the expense of |
| set of process improvement tools that will help any | | | | printing and shipping. |
| organization measure its performance and improve its | | | | Business Process Improvement Tools and More |
| efficiency. A map provides a visual reference that | | | | Effective software usually can be purchased either as |
| outlines all the steps in the manufacturing or service | | | | a stand-alone off-the-shelf package or it can be |
| process and specifies who is responsible for each | | | | customized with other management services. Either |
| step. Mapping can be descriptive or prescriptive. That | | | | way, you should be getting a management tool that |
| is, it can represent how the organization currently | | | | provides you with interactive maps, automatic |
| operates so every member knows what their | | | | graphic-to-text functionality, real-time updates, and |
| particular function is and how the rest of the steps | | | | change tracking. With a support package, you will |
| operate, or it can describe how the organization | | | | have access to experienced team members who will |
| should operate if best practices are not already in | | | | help you export your existing processes to the new |
| place. | | | | software, identify improvement areas where change |
| When researching for process mapping software, | | | | will result in measurable results, and provide training |
| you want to make sure you find a robust process | | | | services for the software. Best of all, with this tool, |
| management tool that will allow you to create your | | | | you should expect to have the support you need to |
| map and share it with everyone in the organization | | | | meet any number of industry standards, including |
| quickly and affordably, preferably a Web-based tool. | | | | HIPAA, ISO compliance, Lean 6 methodology, |
| As such, you can share your information instantly, | | | | Malcolm Baldrige, Sarbanes-Oxley, and Six Sigma. |