Those who follow trend lines in enterprise technology have seen these two things bandied about at increasing rates for the last few years. Technologist and executives who have worked companies that ...

One challenge for the business process movement has always been the tradeoff between deep analysis and improvement-oriented actions. Process analysis—understanding and measuring a process and the ...

Anything that you do well is worth doing better over time. The term "continuous improvement" describes a process practiced by quality engineers but it speaks to something that every conscientious ...

No matter the size or scope of an organization, there is little question that everyone wants to find ways to improve their performance. Baseball teams use sabermetrics; companies often use the stock ...

Process mining is now part of Microsoft’s process automation suite, giving you the KPIs and visualizations you need to identify bottlenecks in both manual workflows and software processes. Automating ...

This article overviews some of the benefits and methods of state-based control as it applies to the models defined by the ISA106, Procedure Automation for Continuous Process Operations standards ...

ISA106 started with the goal of developing standards, recommended practices, and technical reports on the design and implementation of procedures for automating continuous process operations. The ...