Process Mapping

Avoid The Four Most Common Mistakes of Sales Process Mapping

This article describes the consequences of the four most common sales process mapping mistakes, as well as principles to follow in order to avoid them. Learn how process mapping brings the potential for creating breakthroughs in organizational sales performance.

BOLO (Be On LookOut) List for Analyzing Process Mapping

Once a process map is completed, the team that put it together will analyze it. Here is a chart which provides a checklist of things to Be On the LookOut for when analyzing any process. Items on the list are called BOLOs, for short.

Building Valuable Process Maps Takes Skill and Time

A great process map should show where improvements can be made, where cycle time delays exist and where smooth handoffs are not taking place. Creating a process map should be the first act a company performs when seeking to make process improvements.

More Value: Value Stream or Detailed Process Mapping?

Project goals, resource availability and deadlines are some factors in deciding which tool value stream mapping or detailed process mapping fits a Six Sigma project best. Also, project experience helps determine which tool to leverage.

Organizational Process Flow: A River of Possibilities

Organizational flow is like a river with many branches. It runs downstream from its source until it reaches the ocean. Opportunities for improvement can be found anywhere in the flow of either the main channel or the tributaries.

Practical Guide to Creating Better Looking Process Maps

Process mapping has become more important in recent times, given the complexities of processes and the need for visualizing the knowledge of others. Some basic ideas can be applied to creating process maps that make them easier to understand and use.

Product Guide: Process Mapping Software

Process mapping software allows practitioners to quickly construct virtual maps that they easily can reassemble and share.

Reduce a Change Request Process Cycle Time by 50 Percent

This article describes a DMAIC (Define, Measure, Analyze, Improve, Control) improvement project including key deliverables, challenges and how the challenges were met in which a company's change-request cycle time needed to be reduced by half to meet the requirements of the customers.

Review All Components for Well-rounded Process Analysis

Too often processes are simply represented in boxes and arrows. While this final result of an analysis is beneficial, practitioners should ensure they are considering the many factors and components that influence a process and how it is viewed.