Business process

A business process or business method is a collection of related, structured activities or tasks that produce a specific service or product (serve a particular goal) for a particular customer or customers. It may often be visualized as a flowchart of a sequence of activities with interleaving decision points or as a Process Matrix of a sequence of activities with relevance rules based on data in the process.

Overview

There are three types of business processes:

  • Management processes, the processes that govern the operation of a system. Typical management processes include "corporate governance" and "strategic management".
  • Operational processes, processes that constitute the core business and create the primary value stream. For example, taking orders from customers, and opening an account in a bank branch.
  • Supporting processes, which support the core processes. Examples include Health & Safety, accounting, recruitment, call center, technical support.
  • A business process begins with a mission objective and ends with achievement of the business objective. Process-oriented organizations break down the barriers of structural departments and try to avoid functional silos.

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