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Ford cut accounts payable staff by 75% through BPR, reducing their department from 500 people to match Mazda's efficiency. Michael Hammer's 1990 Harvard Business Review insight still matters: companies were using technology to upgrade horses with lighter horseshoes instead of building cars, automating inefficient processes rather than recreating them from scratch.
Workflows streamline repeatable tasks while minimizing errors to dramatically improve business performance. Mapping processes provides clear top-level insight into operations, revealing whether processes are as good as they could be. Micromanagement is the biggest reason employees quit jobs according to Forbes research, but workflows increase accountability and reduce constant oversight by making responsibilities clear to everyone.
When a crisis hits, you need a rapid response system. Incident alert management automates communications with key personnel during business or technical emergencies. Learn how workflow software streamlines incident response by automating alerts, meeting setups, and problem resolution tracking.
Pardot research shows 68% of top-performing businesses use automation tools to fuel growth. Social media automation with tools like Hootsuite consolidates all accounts in one dashboard, saving what used to require a full-time employee. Project management platforms like Asana replace hundreds of emails with centralized task assignment. Workflow software like Tallyfy maps business processes step-by-step, eliminating process errors.
Understanding Business Process Model and Notation BPMN, the standardized method for mapping business processes. Learn how BPMN symbols, elements, and techniques make process maps universally understandable for employees, management, and consultants.
Traditional BPM requires 6-month installations, 6-figure fees, and specialized engineers for every change. Low-code BPM platforms transform this with instant cloud registration, drag-and-drop design, and $10 per user per month pricing. Regular employees can build and modify processes in minutes instead of months, eliminating the adoption barriers that cause companies to abandon traditional BPM.