Process
A process is described as a content-closed, temporal and logical succession of activities that are necessary to develop the production objects of an enterprise. Each process is primarily denoted by the fact that input (materials, information, etc.), through transforming activities, is transformed into output (products, data, etc.).
Brief description
Each process (in an enterprise) consists of a number of sub-processes, which consist of a number of serial and parallel activities. As a rule, each activity consists of an order of single activities. A process in an enterprise is defined as a process that is determined by the most important goals of the enterprise. The essential features of the entrepreneurial process are entry points for other areas of the enterprise.
The company's process management continues to be divided into main and supporting processes. A main process is described as a process whose activity is directly related to the company's product and thus provides profits. Supporting processes are processes whose activity does not directly affect profits, however, they are necessary to carry out main processes.
The recording and analysis of a company's processes serves to optimize runs in individual areas. Only when an enterprise has an awareness of the course of processes, what resources and aids are required for them, and how they are connected to other processes, can improvements be recognized and implemented.
Goals
Enterprise process management seeks, among other things, the following goals:
- Increase transparency in company processes
- Clearly demarcated areas of responsibility and affiliation
- Reducing the complexity of existing runs
- Cost reduction
- Improve resource use
- Optimization of activities with reduced run times