1193:. The appropriate level of task division was defined through experimental design of the production process. In contrast to Smith's view which was limited to the same functional domain and comprised activities that are in direct sequence in the manufacturing process, today's process concept includes cross-functionality as an important characteristic. Following his ideas, the division of labor was adopted widely, while the integration of tasks into a functional, or cross-functional, process was not considered as an alternative option until much later.
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1184:, one man would perform all the activities required during the production process, while Smith described how the work was divided into a set of simple tasks which would be performed by specialized workers. The result of labor division in Smith's example resulted in productivity increasing by 24,000 percent (sic), i.e. that the same number of workers made 240 times as many pins as they had been producing before the introduction of labor division.
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of these different programs all parading under the same name. Few are alike, and those varied programs have a wide variety of features—a mixture of the old and the new—with, in more cases than not, very little of the new. ... However, I have forewarned you there are almost as many different TQM programs as there are companies that have started them because that creates confusion about what to do in your own case.
1396:, modeling, and optimization) that strives to support the goals of an enterprise within and beyond multiple boundaries, involving many people, from employees to customers and external partners. A major part of BPM's enterprise support involves the continuous evaluation of existing processes and the identification of ways to improve upon it, resulting in a cycle of overall organizational improvement.
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across time and space, with a beginning and an end, and clearly defined inputs and outputs: a structure for action. ... Taking a process approach implies adopting the customer's point of view. Processes are the structure by which an organization does what is necessary to produce value for its customers.
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model, which also builds on a division of primary and secondary activities. According to
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One man draws out the wire; another straights it; a third cuts it; a fourth points it; a fifth grinds it at the top for receiving the head; to make the head requires two or three distinct operations; to put it on is a peculiar business; to whiten the pins is another ... and the important business of
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a business process is a series of steps designed to produce a product or service. Most processes (...) are cross-functional, spanning the 'white space' between the boxes on the organization chart. Some processes result in a product or service that is received by an organization's external customer.
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that a process must have clearly defined boundaries, input and output, consist of smaller parts and activities which are ordered in time and space, that there must be a receiver of the process outcome—a customer – and that the transformation taking place within the process must add customer value.
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a structured, measured set of activities designed to produce a specific output for a particular customer or market. It implies a strong emphasis on how work is done within an organization, in contrast to a product focus's emphasis on what. A process is thus a specific ordering of work activities
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reports, provided these are consciously used for day-to-day or periodical decision-making. With this understanding would hopefully come the willingness to invest time and other resources in business process improvement by introduction of useful and relevant reporting systems.
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to control rejections and keep them within acceptable limits. Such a process of analysis and summarisation of line rejection events is clearly superior to a process which merely inquires into each individual rejection as it occurs.
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2147:"Chapter 2: What Is a Process?"
1637:Information management concepts
1506:Importance of the process chain
1378:Business process re-engineering
1373:Business process re-engineering
1367:Business process re-engineering
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2471:Ross, M. (July–August 2013).
2073:Rummler & Brache (1995).
649:management information system
300:Chief human resources officer
2587:10.1007/978-3-642-45100-3_18
2556:. Springer. pp. 75–98.
2506:. HC Pro. pp. 105–128.
2498:Rohde, K.R. (October 2009).
2077:. Jossey-Bass, San Francisco
1914:Pardo Álvarez, José Manuel.
1680:Business process outsourcing
643:Enterprise resource planning
471:Financial statement analysis
2637:Business Process Management
2316:Leatherhead, United Kingdom
1758:. Springer. pp. 1–28.
1665:Business process automation
1394:business process automation
1390:business process management
1156:in his famous example of a
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2025:. Routledge. p. 208.
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1969:Business Process Modelling
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1710:"Chapter 1: Introduction"
1488:Business Motivation Model
1133:business process modeling
305:Chief information officer
137:Limited liability company
2649:. John Wiley & Sons.
2312:Total Quality Management
1675:Business process mapping
1425:Total quality management
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1203:Frederick Winslow Taylor
1197:Frederick Winslow Taylor
318:Chief technology officer
252:Mergers and acquisitions
222:Constitutional documents
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2090:. John Wiley & Sons
378:Environmental economics
358:International economics
309:Chief marketing officer
295:Chief financial officer
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286:Chief executive officer
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1992:Drucker, P.F. (2017).
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2064:, Harper Business
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