Article: A business process refers to activities that employees perform on a day-to-day basis that accomplish an organizational goal. The process represents what a company does to reach a particular goal. A business process should cover any variations or exceptions to the process. To understand how to analyze a business process, you need to consider how a process is created.  Consider the scope of the task. Assume that you’re updating the process you use to send invoices to clients. The scope of the task refers to how extensive the task is. In this case, assume the scope is every invoice sent to a client. You determine that, on average, you send 200 invoices a month. Determine your desired outcome. Think about what it is that you want to accomplish using the process. In this case, you want an accurate invoice sent to each customer as soon as your product is delivered. You will send a hard copy of the invoice when you ship the order. You’ll also email the invoice to each client. Note that sub-processes exist within processes. The more specific the process, the easier to analyze and improve. Document the business process. You can document the process as a list of steps and also consider creating a flowchart. A process will often cross between different departments in a large organization. Your invoicing process, for example, will involve the billing department and your accounting area. Define the departments or functions of the entities in the processes as well as any inputs and out puts. For example, making payroll requires input from production for people and hours worked, wages rates and salary deductibles from the HR department, etc. Write down any exceptions to the process. Just about every business procedure will have exceptions or variations. For instance, you may have certain clients that receive large discounts. These customers order a large amount of product from you. The large discounts require your billing staff to bypass the discounts calculated in your invoicing software. The larger discount must be manually entered to create an accurate invoice. Separating each process by type can help you analyze the process and make improvements. If two processes are the same type, their process improvements may be similar. A particular process may be an operating, support, or management process.  Your operations refer to the day-to-day tasks you complete to deliver a product or service to a client. Your client invoicing process can be thought of as an operating process. It’s critical for you to send accurate invoices to clients so that you can collect their payments quickly. A support process, as the name implies, supports the operations of your firm. The human resources (HR) department is a good example of a support area. HR helps the invoicing department manager with interviewing and hiring new staff. While HR is not directly involved with clients, they support operations departments. Every organization needs management to run the overall direction of the business. The process of planning and implementing a budget is a management process. Every company should have a formal process to create a budget. That process should require management to discuss their department’s budget with the firm’s chief financial officer. A business process consists of inputs and outputs.  Labor, energy, materials and capital equipment are considered inputs. An input is an asset you use to produce revenue and profits. An output, on the other hand, is a physical product or service. Inputs go into your process and create an output. You need to perform analysis to find inefficiencies.  Your process should use inputs efficiently to produce outputs. Say, for example, that you manage a chain on auto repair shops. Your inputs are labor, equipment and repair parts. Your output is a repaired customer vehicle. Long repair times or large work backlogs are an indication that something is wrong with your process. The problem may be that you’re scheduling repairs too close together. If the cost of your replacements parts is far higher than you budgeted, that is another indication that something is wrong. Specifically, you may have a problem with your purchasing department, or the with vendors who sell you parts Based on the problems you identify, decide which processes need to be improved. If you need to prioritize between several processes, select the process that has the biggest impact on your business. For example, you may want to fix the wait time process first. Long wait times may cause you to lose customers. Make fixing that process your first priority.
Question: What is a summary of what this article is about?
Define a business process. Document your business process and think about what type of process you’ve created. Analyze business process for signs of process inefficiency.
Article: There are a multitude of rose varieties that keep their brilliance even when dried. From classic red roses to vibrant purple ones, use this guide to help choose a variety best suited for you:   Red and red blends: Veterans’ Honour, Miss Flippins, Olympiad,  AceyDeucy, Mountie, Hilde, Coffee Bean, Chelsea Belle, Black Jade,  Christian Dior.  Pink and pink blends: Show Stopper, Fame, Adams Smile, Timeless, Hanna Gordon, Prima Donna, Rina Hugo,Giggles, Gemini, Valeria Jeanne, Doris Morgan.  Orange and orange blends: Kanegem, Starina, Gingersnap, Tropicana, Impatient, Rio Samba, Denver’s Dream, Hot Tamale, Fragrant Cloud, Mardi Gras, Perrine, Copper Sunset.  Yellow and yellow blends: Cal Poly, Julia Child, Henry Fonda, Behold, Summer Sunshine, Sunsprite, Midas Touch, Rainbow’s End, Oregold, Bees Knees, Gold Metal, Rise’n’Shine, Glory Be.  Apricot and apricot blends: Holy Toledo, Honey Perfume, Amber Sunblaze, Tahitian Sunset, Apricot Twist, Michel Cholet, Angel’s Blush, Jeanne Kenneally, Joycie, Autumn Sunset.  Purple and mauve: Lavender Jewel, Barbra Streisand, Dr John Dickman, Fragrant Plum, Vista, Ebb Tide, Winsome, Distant Drums, Wild Blue Yonder.  Russets: Teddy Bear, Hot Cocoa, Copper Sunset  Fun colours: Gizmo,Fourth of July, Fancy Pants, Purple Tiger, Neon Cowboy, Hurdy Gurdy. Do not expose the dried roses to direct sunlight. Avoid placing them under a table lamp. Display dried flowers in a glass dome or box to avoid handling as they can be extremely brittle.
Question: What is a summary of what this article is about?
Use a colour guide to help you choose which variety to dry. Protect the dried flowers.