Our current economic situation raises the question: how can BPM help companies weather this storm? In this article, we highlight five ‘must have’ attributes for a company to endure. The article will also show how BPM, if implemented properly, can deliver these attributes within a few months and make the difference of survival or demise.

The core elements of a business operation are its business processes, or the ways in which it organizes and uses resources to achieve its desired results. With BPM, an organization can cooperatively define its business processes, integrate them with its existing software systems, and deploy them as applications accessible via the Web. Managers and their teams can monitor, analyze, control and improve the execution of those processes in real time. BPM is relevant more than ever today. Here are 5 key areas where BPM can help companies thrive during these testing times.