Workflows You Hope You Never Use: Disaster and Incident Response
You probably have a fire extinguisher in your kitchen (and if you don’t you should buy one on your way home from work today). It’s possible you’ll never have to use that fire extinguisher, but should the rare kitchen fire ever occur, you will think of it as one of the best investments you ever […]
Workflows Don’t Have to Go on Vacation When Your Employees Do
Summer is vacation season and that’s a good thing. People need time away to recharge and refresh, and most businesses want their employees to take time off and come back to work ready to go. Ensuring all the bases are covered during peak vacation times, however, can be challenging. When your “expert” in some aspect […]
Maximize Workflow ROI by Focusing on What Matters Most
Three fundamental elements of business success are getting the high-level strategy right, getting the operating model right, and getting the right people on board. When these fundamentals are in place, you’re in a much better position to take steps to maximize efficiency and extract the greatest ROI from your technology investments. For example, the right […]
Avoid These 7 Workflow Management Mistakes
Good workflow management is one of the keys to successful business operation. Most businesses understand the theoretical importance of workflow management, but they may make mistakes when it’s time to put workflow management into practice. Most of these mistakes have to do with lack of planning, and all can be overcome. Here are seven workflow […]
4 Reasons to Manage Financial Processes with Workflow Software
Financial processes are a fact of life for every business, and the more efficient and accurate they are, the more you and your team can focus on core business functions apart from finances. Financial processes are mandatory, but they don’t have to take up unreasonable amounts of time. Particularly as a small business grows, helping […]
Don’t Forget the ‘Three P’s’ When Upgrading Workflow Technology
It’s easy to get tunnel vision when it’s time to upgrade workflow technology. For example, if your network is too slow, you want to upgrade it so it’s fast enough and has sufficient bandwidth that it won’t bog down. If it’s time to replace the additive technology machines you bought a couple of years back, […]
How Workflows Help You Communicate Company Policy Effectively
Workplace policies are about making sure everyone in the workforce is safe and understands their responsibilities and obligations. They are also about ensuring fairness in the workplace. Many businesses are bound by laws and regulations, and it is mandatory that employees know about, read, and understand the policies that ensure all regulatory requirements are met. […]
Why You Don’t Have to Rely on Your IT Team to Automate Workflows
Your IT team is perpetually busy. The typical IT department today can’t spare a programmer to help design and deploy automated workflows. Today’s IT professionals in the enterprise spend their time and mental energy dealing with cloud infrastructure, big data, virtualization, energy efficiency, and interoperability. Or else they’re dealing with a server that has broken […]
How to Handle Pushback When Implementing Automated Workflows
Most people long for technologies that would make their day-to-day work faster and easier, yet when someone actually proposes such technologies, they may balk. New ways of doing things are unsettling, because there are so many questions. Will the system make sense? Will jobs be in jeopardy because of automation? Who will people ask for […]
Proof-of-Concept to Everyday Use: How Workflows Make the Transition
Rarely do workflows go seamlessly from concept to everyday use, because it’s impossible to foresee all possible problems at the beginning. Making the transition from idea to regular use can go more smoothly if workflow design is done in stages, starting with proof of concept, proceeding to a small pilot project, followed by training, practice, […]
