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Pratt & Whitney Operations Process Classification Framework (PCF) Journey
Pratt & Whitney is an aerospace engine manufacturer with many diverse and complex operations processes. Senior leadership recognized that the organization had strong…
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Keep BPM Visible to Senior Leaders
Research consistently proves that increased leadership involvement results in greater change and buy-in for improvement initiatives. BPM needs executive-level sponsorship to…
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Funding for Business Process Management
Learn how best-practice organizations allocate funds to business process management (BPM). Based on APQC research, this article explains how resources, funds, and reporting…
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Four Steps to Improve & Monetize Your Process Improvement Program
Most people understand that process improvement is valuable, but executives want to know how it will impact the bottom line. Overhauling complex business processes takes time…
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Value Chains, Policy Busting and Concept Models - Key Engineering Techniques for Escaping Silos
Organizational silos negatively impact customers, employees, and the organization’s ability to innovate and be agile. How can organizations bust through these silos? At APQC…
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Being Agile: Adapting Design Processes
Many companies are embracing Agile, a project management paradigm that stresses iteration, collaboration, self-organization, and customer centricity. However, people are…
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Let's Get Intentional About Accelerating and Sustaining Process Improvement Behavior Change
Behavior change is a critical success factor for process improvement initiatives, but for Paul Fjelsta, far too many organizations go about the work of behavior change in the…
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Creating a Culture of Outcomes
It is critical for organizations to ensure that their entire portfolio of projects delivers results that help move the business forward, yet many organizations lack an…
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Enhancing Business Value Through Project Training & Mentoring
Project mentoring and training for Lean Six Sigma Green Belt candidates carries a dual benefit: Not only does it dramatically increase the rate of student success, but also…
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Enabling Technology for Digital Transformation and Streamlined Processes
Today’s organizations contend with a distributed workforce, inefficient processes, increased competition, and customer demand, which are all key drivers of digital…
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Pursuit of Excellence through Standardizing Core Processes and Process Mapping
In the past two years, Adventist HealthCare Rehabilitation's (AHC’s) director of business processes and projects, Marya De LaCruz Sabalbaro, has worked with her organization…
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Value Pursuit Utilizing Enterprise Process Optimization and Standardization
Aerospace and defense organization Raytheon has a long history in leading innovation. But as technology and business conditions change, Raytheon must be able to adapt to…
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Designing a World Class Opportunity to Order Process
Cherwell Software needed a program to streamline manual and sometimes duplicative processes in place to convert a prospect to a customer. This overview describes Cherwell’s…
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Digital Process Transformation: A Value-Driven Approach
When digital transformation initiatives fail to deliver value to an organization, leaders rightly wonder whether the time and resources devoted to these efforts are well…
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Most people understand that process improvement is valuable, but executives want to know how it will impact the bottom line. Overhauling complex business processes takes time…