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A business process also referred to as a business method, can be understood as a grouping together of related, structured actions or tasks resulting in a specific service or product (serving a particular purpose) for a particular customer or customers, either internal or external. By using a flowchart, a process can be visualized as a sequence of activities with interleaving decision points. Likewise, using a process matrix can be viewed as a sequence of activities with relevant rules based on data in the process.
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A business process begins with a target and ends (ideally) with the achievement of achieving the business objective. Organizations that are processProcess-oriented organisations seek to remove the barriers of rigid structural departments and attempt to avoid functional silos.
A business process can be further broken down into several sub-processes, each of which has its own attributes but also contribute and contributes to achieving the overall goal. The analysis of business processes typically includes the mapping of processes and sub-processes down to the activity level.
Business processes are designed to add value for the customer and should not include unnecessary activities. The outcome of a well-designed business process is increased effectiveness (value for the customer) and increased efficiency (fewer costs for the company).
Business processes can be modelled through a large number of There are many methods and techniques to model business processes. For instance, the Business Process Modeling Notation is a Business Process Modeling technique that can be used for drawing business processes in a workflow.
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In general, the various tasks of a business process can be performed in one of the two ways:
- Manually
- Electronically; by means of using business data processing systems.
Typically, some process tasks will be done by handmanually, while some will be computer-based, and these tasks may be sequenced in a sequence in many ways. In other words, the data and information that are being handled through the process may pass through manual or computer tasks in any given order.