Bpm For Dummies

Compliments of
The time is now to use BPM
to give your organization
the edge it’s been looking for

• Ways to achieve compliance
• Tips for controlling your
costs
• How IBM can help you
transform your
organization with BPM

Business Process Management

In today’s dynamic business environment, your
organization needs to be ready to turn signals from
the marketplace into strategicplays. BPM helps you
quickly find and execute on missed opportunities
trapped inside day-to-day operational processes. By
unleashing the power of technology as a competitive
advantage, your entire enterprise becomes far more
agile, helping you meet your goals. BPM creates value
through growth, improved performance, better
productivity, higher staff effectiveness, and better
customerservice.

Open the book and find:

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• Increase your productivity — in today’s
economy you need to do more with less
• Apply BPM principles — to help your
enterprise increase its productivity
• Take advantage of the new market
opportunities — with BPM, you can be a
market maker and leave your competition
behind
• Reach the global market — BPM streamlinesyour supply chain operations to take
advantage of opportunities wherever they
may exist

Making Everything Easier! ™

Learn:
• How BPM can help your
organization

Go to D ummies.com®
for videos, step-by-step examples,
how-to articles, or to shop!

• How to become more agile
• To be more responsive to the
needs of your clients
• How to turn market opportunities
into revenue streams• Accelerate innovation — let BPM transform
your organization into an innovative machine

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Part #: WSM14002-USEN-00
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