Optimizing Business Processes In A Tight Economy

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Improving efficiency often involves automating a business process. Such improvements can save time and money while reducing the errors that are commonplace with manual processes. However, automating business processes should not be taken lightly. Removing personal involvement from the wrong process can trigger a disaster, and it could be that a manual control is needed. And there are other ways for improving business processes, such as outsourcing or business process reengineering. How can organizations determine which processes should be optimized and how? Tune into this episode of DM Radio to find out! We'll talk to several industry experts, including Daniel Teachey of DataFlux, Ash Parikh of Informatica, plus Joby O'Brien of BP Logix and Steve Arbogast of Qualiware. Attendees will learn: How BPM can mitigate layoffs; Why MDM is about automating business processes; How data integration can facilitate business process engineering; Which business processes are best suited for automation; Why swim lanes should be used to understand process flow; Whether BPEL has matured into a fully accepted standard.