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Transforming Business with a Cloud Based Business Process Management (BPM) Solution
- April 15, 2015
- Posted by: Admin
- Category: Blogs, Business Intelligence, Business Process Management, Cloud Services
The world of technology is forever in flux. Every other moment we witness the emergence of the next path-breaking product that promises to break all technological barriers. Cloud computing, for one, has emerged as a leading disruptor of technology in the recent past, and has bridged the ever-widening gap between adoption and innovation. The growth of cloud computing has also affected Business Process Management (BPM) and enterprises globally have adopted this platform to streamline their business processes and help in making decisions rapidly.
A cloud based BPM offers a wide array of business transformational capabilities, not just internally, but also extends to customers, shareholders, and partners. A cloud based BPM model can transform the operating model of an enterprise in a number of ways. Firstly, there are no capital expenses and a pay-as-you-go model enables an organization to upgrade or downgrade resources as needed. Secondly, there is a uniform architecture that disparate systems and processes can provision simultaneously without straining local resources. Finally, a BPM solution for the cloud is a strategic investment for an enterprise as it can focus more on its core competencies, while delegating non-essential tasks to outsourced partners.
Benefits of a Cloud Based BPM Solution
- Due to its inherent ability to test and deploy multiple BPM environments on a single cloud environment, the initial economic investment is minimal. Over time, an organization starts getting a healthy ROI due to minimal technological constraints at the time of implementation.
- Due to its flexible and agile nature, a cloud based BPM model encourages a faster time to market for a company’s strategic technical products and services. BPM in the cloud drastically reduces the time of implementation of a BPM model from months to days, thereby restoring investor confidence.
- A cloud based BPM model fosters greater collaboration and adds value into the entire supply chain from ideation to implementation. A borderless environment is created and KPIs are met more successfully.
- There is more centralized control and information is readily available on a cloud. Data governance is given priority and compliance is ensured across an enterprise.
Best Practices for Cloud Based BPM Implementation
- Education of employees and partners is of paramount importance. If all parties reach a common goal and consensus, project risks are greatly minimized and bottlenecks become easier to mitigate.
- Pilot projects and a Proof of Concept (PoC) must be created so that when creating the infrastructure for a full-fledged deployment, production risks are minimized and shortcomings are easily identified at the beginning.
- Package your business applications so you can reuse them across product lines and other LoBs without recreating an entire template multiple times.
Client Says
We are implementing Plasma Ag Solutions across our network of locations. Plasma Ag provides several capabilities that stand out for our users such as Programs, Rebate management, and Inventory tracking. It is quite difficult to track margin information on crop protection products in our industry so our Owner Operators love the transparency the system provides. We utilize the system to professionalize our support to the network and it has become a bit success with all of them.
Several hundreds of our retail locations and joint ventures use Plasma Ag solutions as a part of their core operations. Plasma solutions provide very useful tools and deep insights to users – including tracking customer transactions and financial information. Their applications are tightly integrated with CRM, ERP, Accounting, and our other mission critical IT infrastructure and third-party systems. The dashboards provide rich analysis and insights that helps us adjust to the changing markets.
Plasma Ag solutions have been a tremendous asset to our operations. They offer powerful capabilities such as managing Retail programs, Products, Programs, local discounts, and wraps. Ability to track inventory at physical locations, calculating true and average costs, rebates and accruals on user-friendly and simple interfaces has helped us and our retail customers adopt Plasma Ag solutions quickly.
Our software, system and processes used to be an old struggling engine. Plasma team solved all that. With exceptional training and planning, their consultative executive team down to their support team executed the deployment with first-class speed and professionalism. Their platform not only removed all the pain points in my division, but also created a ripple effect benefiting my entire company.
It has been my experience that Plasma has the technical expertise, commitment, and work-ethic to deliver best-in-class solutions that allow business owners to fully realize business strategies and objectives. They work in a highly professional manner to ensure that the clients’ requirements and recommendations are fully realized. I would highly recommend Plasma for any web enablement initiative that you may be considering.
Plasma has been a smart choice for us as our online business partner. I don’t even consider our work with them outsourcing because Plasma management takes the time to truly understand our business and is able to direct its technology resources for the most efficient and quality output possible. I don’t think you can say that about many companies in their space.
Plasma has been a smart choice for us with our online requirements. I would recommend them to any company looking to better manage their online presence.
It has been my pleasure to work with the Plasma Team since August 2008. We have completed three major builds and multiple smaller projects in this time. I heartily recommend Plasma Comp to anyone needing a workable, practical and effective system solution. Plasma’s Q&A process was extremely thorough. They quickly understood what was needed and then worked the process with pointed and penetrating questions to ensure they had the entire picture of the finished product.
I think Plasma has come a long way in embracing our philosophy of becoming more agile, both leading and following in this area when necessary. The teams have been very open to change and have a great attitude. I have no complaints!
Plasma is a great vendor to work with. They took us from an email-based process to a fully designed, web-based workflow. They have dramatically changed how our devices are certified to be used on our network and they will save you time as well! One of the many processes in our current environment has saved us so much time; from four months down to a few days!
