Survey highlights BPM flaws

According to a new survey by Virtusa and PRTM Management Consultants, many companies lack the best practices, vision and executive sponsorship necessary to realise the full benefits of their BPM investments, according to Business Wire.

The survey found that while companies often have basic elements of BPM in place, most of these elements are in early stages of deployment and are not yet optimised.

Information sources are often scattered across the organisation, and workflow and collaboration systems cannot keep pace with a company's changing business processes. In addition, companies generally use few metrics or data standards to support measurement of performance improvement.

Colosa, a developer of BPM software that enables small and medium enterprises (SMEs) to simplify workflow through the capture and automation of paper-based processes, has released its open source solution, ProcessMaker OSS version 1.0, states ECM Connection.

ProcessMaker OSS is an Ajax-enabled, Web-based software tool that allows private and public organisations to automate document-intensive, approval-based processes across systems including finance, HR and operations.

It allows users across multiple sites to create and share workflows, customise forms, manage processes and enhance reporting.

Home Group has selected PNMsoft's BPMS and workflow product Sequence as its business process management and workflow platform for a multimillion-pound programme, says ITNews Italy.

Home Group's programme involves the cross-organisational deployment of Sequence starting with Internet and extranet systems and processes.

The benefits include internal and external customer satisfaction as well as savings to the company's infrastructure costs.