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“The content and description of this course was very appealing because many processes in Payroll and Benefits are data and systems dependent requiring consistent application of policies and procedures. Two aspects of the course— standardization and cellular teams— were most relevant to us. We do many things in teams; but, we don’t always do them the same way. Already, we are seeing results in standardizing our work processes and reducing waste. For example, we found that some of our teams calculated the company’s pay equalization for military duty differently, using slightly different assumptions. Together, the teams looked at the different methods and rationales, found common ground and built new standard operating procedures for everyone that achieved the best results for the employee and company.”

Tim Muffly
Director, Payroll Administration
PPG

Staying Out of the Weeds with BPM Process Modeling

Do you experience these challenges in trying to create a current state process model?

The team gets mired in process problem details People have ideas for improvements but you are not really ready for solutions yet Some groups do the process one way and others do it a different way. Some people think it’s a […]

Swim Lane Mapping for Non-Swimmers

Is modeling the as-is current diagram tedious or exciting? It can be either, depending on how you do it, but why make documenting tedious if you can do it well, and make it fun and thought-provoking for the business process improvement (BPI) team.

Here’s what not to do:

Model all your processes across the […]

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Staying Out of the Weeds with BPM Process Modeling

Swim Lane Mapping for Non-Swimmers