Is Your Automated Workflow Ready for Prime Time? Here’s How to Tell.
Workflows are standardized series of steps designed to accomplish a specified process or task. All steps in a workflow may run consecutively, or some series of steps may run in parallel for more complex processes. Automated workflows take as much of the manual processing out of tasks as possible. For example, a series of paper […]
7 Challenges Facilities Managers Face and How Automated Workflows Help
Facilities management goes beyond the tasks traditionally associated with building management. Today’s facilities manager has to ensure the comfort, safety, and functionality of the buildings in which people work. The discipline integrates people, spaces, processes, and technologies with the structural environment. It’s a big job, and facilities managers must be organized and thorough. They must […]
Workflow Automation is the Answer to These 4 Questions
Many people believe that workflow automation is something that’s only available to big enterprises. However, nothing could be further from the truth. Also true is that smaller businesses can benefit disproportionately from workflow automation. They can do things more efficiently and reduce error rates while maintaining the agility possessed by smaller enterprises. Today’s no-code workflow […]
Workflow Software Helps You Accelerate Recruiting and Hiring
Automated workflows and new employee recruiting go together naturally. The hiring process has a lot of moving parts, but strong workflow management can make sure all the parts work as they should while reducing errors and making the process as efficient as it can be. Other benefits of using automated workflows in the hiring process […]
BPM: Why You Can’t ‘Set It and Forget It’
Business Process Management (BPM) is a broad term that encompasses the many ways we automate and manage business processes to make them as efficient as possible. But sometimes BPM initiatives fall short. There can be many reasons for this. Perhaps the BPM project was driven more by intuition than by hard data. Or maybe the […]
4 Strategies That Maximize Productivity Gains for Automated Workflows
There is no question that automated workflows help organizations make the most of their resources. But it’s possible for workflow automation initiatives to get lackluster results. One study of local councils in the UK found some benefits from workflow automation, but it also found that only about one-fifth of local councils have future plans for […]
Workflows Help You Manage 3 Critical Elements of Business Reputation
The reputation of your business is an extremely valuable business asset. While it isn’t tangible, or something you could liquidate to raise cash, nonetheless, reputation is essential to sustained success today. In fact, reputation is a key differentiator in a world where consumers have more choices than ever. Reputation also affects the quality of employees […]
Online Forms and Workflows Help Small Businesses Manage Innovation
Innovation has gone from being a “nice extra” for businesses to being essential for success. Competition is fierce, and businesses increasingly set themselves apart through innovation of products, processes, and business models. Rather than pursuing one big idea that will change everything, however, businesses must incorporate innovation into their everyday operations and their corporate culture. […]
What Makes an Online Form Perfect?
The online form that is perfect for your needs depends heavily on context. Additionally, what is perfect today may be less so tomorrow due to the rapid pace of innovation and technology advancement. But that doesn’t mean it’s impossible to get it right! With the right form software and knowledge about attitudes toward forms, you […]
4 Ways Great Workflow Management Improves Team Performance
Inefficiency can cost businesses a significant chunk of their yearly revenues. Individual inefficiencies spread across teams and departments add up, yet many companies continue to plow ahead, doing things as they’ve always done. Good workflow management can eliminate many inefficiencies, whether they’re adopted on the individual, team, or departmental level, or are integrated throughout […]