Over 200 Vendors List Some Form of 'Business Process Management' Capability in Their Products Read More inside 'Business Process Management - the Next Generation of Business Enablers'.DUBLIN, Ireland -- Research and Markets (http://www.researchandmarkets.com/reports/c47256) has announced the addition of Business Process Management - the Next Generation of Business Enablers to their offering. Business Process Management (BPM (Business Process Management) A structured approach that models an enterprise's human and machine tasks and the interactions between them as processes. BPM software provides users with a dashboard interface that offers a high-level view of the operation that typically ) has become a leading agenda item in corporate strategy and technology investment for companies of all sizes, markets and geographies. The BPM market is growing rapidly and this growth trend is expected to continue unabated un·a·bat·ed adj. Sustaining an original intensity or maintaining full force with no decrease: an unabated windstorm; a battle fought with unabated violence. for quite some time. But this market is not at all like the enterprise software markets that preceded it. BPM is the first of a new class of software - next generation business enablers - that bear little similarity Similarity is some degree of symmetry in either analogy and resemblance between two or more concepts or objects. The notion of similarity rests either on exact or approximate repetitions of patterns in the compared items. to software of the past. Why is BPM important? Businesses are being pressed to: - improve the efficiency of their organisations - rapidly adapt how their products are offered and presented to customers - deliver quality across many customer interaction mediums: in person, web, phone, email, text messaging Sending short messages to a smartphone, pager, PDA or other handheld device. Text messaging implies sending short messages generally no more than a couple of hundred characters in length. and so on, and - to dramatically improve the control, management and visibility of the processes that support these activities. Traditional enterprise software simply cannot address these issues - but BPM can. Over 200 vendors list some form of "business process management" capability in their products, but simply including some form of workflow The automatic routing of documents to the users responsible for working on them. Workflow is concerned with providing the information required to support each step of the business cycle. or a partial set of BPM functions does not deliver against these requirements. Hence, this report focuses on a sub-segment of the BPM market where products fulfil ful·fill also ful·fil tr.v. ful·filled, ful·fill·ing, ful·fills also ful·fils 1. To bring into actuality; effect: fulfilled their promises. 2. a minimum set of requirements to qualify them as "next generation business enablers" - making them capable of addressing the goals and issues outlined above. Business Process Management - the Next Generation of Business Enablers provides an in-depth review of the business drivers behind BPM, market directions and future trends. It includes a review of those products meeting the requirements for qualification as a true next generation business enabler, and how they differ in approach and practice to aide the selection process against individual organisational context. The competitive differentiation that BPM supports can easily leave businesses too far behind the competitors who adopt BPM, as these competitors agilely ag·ile adj. 1. Characterized by quickness, lightness, and ease of movement; nimble. 2. Mentally quick or alert: an agile mind. respond to market changes. -Terry Schurter Content Outline: Management Summary BPM Toolset Sub-types Buying Criteria Market trends and future directions Six key product components of BPM The BPM Landscape Vendors Appendix A--The Landscape Appendix B--Vendor Details Appendix C--Further Information Appendix D--About the Authors Our overview Copyright & disclaimer (networking) disclaimer - Statement ritually appended to many Usenet postings (sometimes automatically, by the posting software) reiterating the fact (which should be obvious, but is easily forgotten) that the article reflects its author's opinions and not necessarily those of the For more information visit http://www.researchandmarkets.com/reports/c47256 |
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