Quiz: Business Process Management "Toyota installs IT only when two conditions exist: the human process has been improved as much as it can without the technology and the technology is proven and reliable." Business process management (BPM) is a systematic approach to improving an organization's business processes. In today's economic climate, companies are looking at how to do more with less -- and BPM is a hot buzzword. Can you speak the language? Take our quiz and find out. 1. This is a set of coordinated tasks and activities, conducted by both people and equipment, for accomplishing a specific organizational goal.
Answer 2. This is a structured approach to modifying a business process from its current state to a desired future state.
Answer 3. This is a point in the enterprise where throughput is impaired or stopped entirely.
Answer 4. This is an approach to understanding how much work can be produced in a certain time period, taking limitations on different resources into consideration.
Answer 5. KPIs are used to evaluate factors that are vital to the success of an organization. What is a KPI?
Answer 6. This is is the analysis and redesign of workflow within and between enterprises.
Answer 7. This XML-based meta-language was developed by the Business Process Management Initiative for flowcharts and other digital representations of business processes.
Answer 8. This 'fat-free' assembly-line methodology is also known as the Toyota Production System or just-in-time (JIT) production.
Answer 9. This philosophy of management and continuous improvement originally was introduced thirty years ago by Dr. Eliyahu M. Goldratt in a book called "The Goal."
Answer 10. These categories of unproductive manufacturing practices were identified by Taiichi Ohno, the father of the Toyota Production System (TPS).
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