Businesses today are increasingly adopting an unstructured approach towards their processes and often rely on collaboration to drive results. While solutions have been devised to handle repetitive tasks, the need of the hour is for solutions that adopt a more open approach. In this blog, we take you through three reasons why your BPM will need to adapt to enable businesses to take a more flexible outlook to their processes.  Enable smart collaboration The need for collaboration cannot be underestimated. Collaboration between teams plays a crucial role in ensuring that processes deliv ..read more

Business Process Management [BPM] is the mantra all smart businesses and enterprises must implement in today’s competitive space. While large conglomerates would have BPM spelt out in their corporate manual, small businesses just may irrationally overlook the convenience and suitability of BPM. Ending up with the shorter end of the stick thereby losing out on winning business opportunities. Read on to understand why BPM is vital, regardless of the size of your business or enterprise.   Better business agility: BPM is essential to stay abreast in the highly fluctuating, not to forget, evolv ..read more

Workflows ease out and streamline work processes easily and efficiently. To put it in better perspective, a workflow methodology runs on a platform that pools multiple tools into a unified application and automates and interconnects man as well as machine processes in a singular linear sequence. It can impact productivity positively and thereby, better the bottom line. Let’s delve into the advantages of working around workflow management tools. Better accountability & transparency: With workflow automation systems that help in robust assigning and monitoring of tasks, work gets done f ..read more

Retail businesses are a labyrinth of business processes with service delivery at the heart of it all. These enterprises strive to create fulfilling customer experiences on a sustained basis, and this is where they face their biggest challenge – managing their processes for repeated success. The magnitude of this challenge is only amplified once one understands the sheer number of processes involved in creating a singular customer experience. Needless to say, using obsolete tools like spreadsheets do not make the cut. In this blog, we take you through three reasons why your retail logistics ..read more

Increasing resource efficiency is something that audit firms always want to achieve, considering the amount of workload each resource handles concurrently for multiple clientele. In a world where every second counts, being regimented in life and work can ensure success faster and better. Six Sigma: One of the safest methods for process improvement in your audit firm would have to be Six Sigma. It is a set of techniques and tools for process improvement. “Six Sigma is a disciplined, statistical-based, data-driven approach and continuous improvement methodology for eliminating defects in a ..read more

Lean methodology is an expansive subject dealing with several aspects ranging from value attribution, eliminating waste, and maximising profit. Lean thinking was at the core of the automobile manufacturing industry but over time has found application in operations, marketing and human resources among many others. While the Lean methodology is focused towards maintaining the quality of the product by avoiding waste, Kanban helps teams visualise their workflows to gain a holistic perspective. In an attempt to create efficient processes and increase flexibility, Business Owners and Project Man ..read more

Logistics Managers do not have it easy. Managing and getting the most out of their fleet can be chaotic as best, especially when being manually managed with spreadsheets. They sometimes find themselves jumping through hoops to get deliveries fulfilled on time. With this in mind, here are five of the most common roadblocks Logistics Managers face on a day-to-day basis. A lack of structure The logistics process is not as simple and straightforward as it seems. More often than not, they find it extremely difficult to manage their fleet and get the most out of them due to a lack of structure ..read more

BPM or Business Process Management is the manner in which an enterprise or firm creates, edits, as well as analyses the processes that structure the core of its business. The typical BPM lifecycle entails Design -> Model -> Execute -> Monitor -> Optimise. BPM with a well-formulated configuration aids in delivering the ideal workflow management solution. BPM has slowly, but surely been breaking fresh ground while setting new trends every year. With this in mind, Boombirds has been keeping an ear to the ground and here are seven BPM trends that we think will excite you. To ..read more

With 5 P’s of marketing having done the rounds for years on end, it made way for 6P’s & 7P’s. Then came the concept of Democratic Design introduced to the world by French designer and visionary Philippe Stark. Read on to know what comprises the interesting parameters of democratic design. Fundamentally, 5 seminal rules make up Democratic Design – viz., Form, Function, Quality, Price and Sustainability. The Germination of An Idea(l) What’s the one furniture brand name that springs to mind when it comes to offering functional, modular, aesthetic yet affordable solutions? IKEA, of cour ..read more

Often, task management of the teams in any organisation can be quite daunting. In the race to be on top of the business game, organisations often grapple in having no transparency into their operations or the efficiency of their teams. With powerful business process management and workflow management tools such as Boombirds, business owners can rest assured that processes are followed, giving business owners a much-needed impetus to drive their business on the growth track. Read on to delve deep into how Boombirds can help an organisation of any size or type manage their processes better ..read more