When companies are entering a stage of rapid growth or identifying a need to innovate, business process management solutions (BPM) may be one of the last things to come to mind. But the irony is that business processes are likely one of the most important elements of business growth, as they are at the heart of a company’s ability to innovate.
BPM solutions allow both leaders and developers within a company to “get the whole picture” while also drilling down into key areas that can make an impact on the overall growth strategy. Without it, companies might experience blind spots in their operations that can keep them from hitting their business goals.
Let’s look at some of the key benefits that deploying and utilizing a BPM solution to automate business processes can bring to your company.
1-BPM platform-based solutions allow you to streamline your development and improve overall efficiency:
BPM platforms are an excellent foundation for you and your development team to build applications that represent the business processes needed to streamline your business. Unlike custom development, BPM allows you to structure workflows and systems to increase your efficiencies without the lengthy application development time and associated expenses.
2-BPM tools allow for more collaborative work:
Because using a BPM platform for development isn’t as complex as a custom application build, the teams that you need input from to build more effective applications can contribute to that process. BPM solutions allow for everyone to work together on streamlining development and operations, including business users (sometimes as “citizen developers”), professional developers, architects, system administrators, and the rest - in short, pretty much everyone on the project team.
3-BPM automation tools will make your business more agile:
With a BPM solution, there is flexibility to quickly pivot in design, processes and development. Your development team isn’t dropping time and resources into custom applications that may or may not be what the business actually needs
Businesses have the flexibility to quickly change directions when a new business need presents itself or a workflow needs adjustment. A more agile tool means a more agile process and business.
4-BPM allows you to innovate whenever you need to:
It’s no surprise that with less time, energy, resources and expenses tied up in development and operations, the easier it is to innovate quickly and frequently. With ease of application development and a bird’s eye view of your business processes, you can identify gaps or opportunities faster than your competitors. And the ability to innovate your business processes quickly allows you to capture market gap opportunities and grow more quickly
5-BPM solutions support extensibility and the easy implementation of other tools:
Deploying a BPM solution doesn’t make your other platform-based applications obsolete - in fact the opposite is true. The right BPM platform allows you to layer it over the applications you already use like CRMs, ERPs, and in-house custom developments. This allows you to innovate while also leveraging the existing tools you have that help you to run more efficiently.
Bonitasoft understands innovation
Bonitasoft understands what companies need to be successful and it’s exactly why we’ve built our BPM with innovation in mind. We empower professional developers to make faster, more efficient process improvement through a low code application development platform that also facilitates customization and extensions through coding when they are wanted and needed.
3 ways to learn more:
- Build highly personalized, process-based applications today, for free, with our open source Bonita Community Edition
- See how you can reinvent your BPM. Watch our ondemand Bonita Platform Demo
- Interested in full project lifecycle support and services from development to operations? Try unlocking the power of Bonita Subscription Edition. Contact us to learn more.
