Keeping your organization in the best shape possible can be a tremendous undertaking and Business Process Management has, since it's inception, tried to support organization in aligning their processes, accelerating transformations and enable operational excellence projects. Around the world, a lot of people are working on these kind of topics daily, and from time to time you need to take a step...
In this month’s blog cycle I am sharing my thoughts and experiences around the topic of implementing BPM into an organization and just to be crystal clear, with “implementing BPM” I do not mean the technical installation of a BPM platform. No, I mean the adoption of a management philosophy that centers around the business process, and yes, of course, installing a BPM platform (for example: ARIS10)...
In the last few years, only 9% of retailers have managed to increase productivity. Analysts suggest that margin pressure (not only on retailers) will continue – impacting margins by as much as 13% by 2030. Huge disruption from COVID-19 makes the efficiency challenge even harder. Addressing this challenge - NOT ONLY in retail! - in a hugely dynamic environment is really difficult. What many don’t...
Last week I talked about the scoping of a BPM implementation and argued that you need to determine what process domain or end to end process would benefit the most from having a BPM framework applied to it. This week I’ll discuss the next step in your project: the planning of a BPM implementation . And just to set the right level of expectations, this blog will not deal with all of the detailed...
Software AG has entered into a collaboration agreement with Automation Anywhere. Software AG’s ARIS platform will bookend Automation Anywhere RPA with process mining and process management. This will improve the discovery of automation opportunities and then management of automated processes. Automation Anywhere is a leader in RPA technology, demand for which has grown significantly in the last...
In my last couple of blogs I focused on the topic of process governance and the added value that this concept can bring. However, before you can start thinking about governance, it would be rather useful to first implement BPM as a management philosophy and we know from experience (in my case first hand experience) that this is all but straight-forward and obvious. That’s why I am dedicating my...
Am 2. und 3. März 2021, jeweils von 10:00 bis 12:00 Uhr, trifft sich die ARIS User Group DACH digital. Wir laden Sie herzlich ein, kostenlos teilzunehmen und sich mit anderen ARIS-Nutzern auszutauschen. Es erwarten Sie auch spannende Vorträge zu den neuesten ARIS-Themen. Melden Sie sich gleich hier an. Schwerpunktthemen sind: das neue ARIS-Release Umstellung auf das aktuelle Release Praxisberichte...
Dear ARIS Community members, today we are proud to present brand-new improved user profiles on the ARIS Community. We have not only modernized our design, but we have also added new interesting sections. In the course of this redesign, we have also increased the maximum size of the profile picture - so use this possibility to upload a recent profile picture . At the top of the profile page, you...
In the last two blogs I’ve shared my thoughts on #processgovernance, what it is and who should lead it. The topic that I should not forget and that I will talk about today is why process governance is needed in the first place. I could say that it is quite obvious why you should manage and govern the status of your business processes (and related artifacts) but then again, why is not every company...
As I mentioned in the blog last week, it’s process governance month in my blog series, and today I’m sharing my thoughts on the ownership of process governance. I mean, where in your organization do you locate the ownership for process governance and where do you locate the ultimate sponsorship for it? Process governance, first and foremost, assumes that you have started your process management...
Are you thinking about S/4HANA®? Are you struggling with migration? Do you need tipps how to get this done successfully? Then you should register for our Webinar "Can you afford to get your SAP S/4HANA migration wrong? Get it right with ARIS". Join us on January 20th, 3 PM CET . Meet Georg Wilheln, product manager ARIS for SAP® Solutions, and me, and ask your questions. Have a look at our other...
I was looking forward to my Christmas holiday to take some rest, recuperate from a hectic 2020 and make plans for 2021… Rest: check, Recuperate: check, Plans for 2021: sort of check. I found it to be difficult to make concrete plans for 2021 simply because there is so much uncertainty in the world right now. However, uncertainty has almost become the new normal and just like I have to deal with it...
I don't know how, but somehow I managed to get through this week, not because it was overly busy (it’s almost Christmas) but because I ran into a situation in which I almost did not know what to say anymore and for people that know me a little bit, this is quite rare. Every once in a while you end up in a conversation where you are thoroughly confronted with the fact that you (and I mean everybody...
Do you miss your colleagues like I do…? 2020 has been quite the year for all of us. Keeping in mind that you haven’t seen your colleagues and partners for a while, you shouldn’t miss the chance of sending them virtual holiday wishes - from your bubble to theirs. Choose one of your favourite Season’s Greetings BPM eCards from the 2020 special edition or the more traditional ones and show them you...
“A beaten path does not mean it should not be followed” . It goes without saying that the beaten path might not give you surprising results, but I would argue that implementing a business process management practice (or BPM practice) needs to be surprising. In fact, if done properly the rest of the organization basically should not even know that they have walked down the path of #BPM in the first...
