Business Process Management Platform | Comidor Low-Code BPM All-in-one Digital Modernization Fri, 07 Feb 2025 15:52:12 +0000 en-GB hourly 1 https://www.comidor.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/05/cropped-Comidor-favicon-25-32x32.png Business Process Management Platform | Comidor Low-Code BPM 32 32 The Best AI-Powered Business Process Management Systems https://www.comidor.com/news/industry-news/ai-powered-bpm/ Wed, 09 Oct 2024 14:07:38 +0000 https://www.comidor.com/?p=38141 Deploying a business process management system is a big step for any company that wants to improve, streamline and automate business processes. It takes a lot of research and, if done right, it gives you a competitive edge over businesses that refuse to innovate and modernize their operations. At least 74% of businesses have expressed […]

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Deploying a business process management system is a big step for any company that wants to improve, streamline and automate business processes. It takes a lot of research and, if done right, it gives you a competitive edge over businesses that refuse to innovate and modernize their operations.

At least 74% of businesses have expressed a growing interest in adopting BPM, with 70% of surveyed companies already utilizing at least one process management application. However, in 2024, simply having a BPM system is no longer sufficient. Industry leaders are integrating AI tools as an essential part of their daily operations. So do BPM vendors, integrating the AI-powered features into their systems. So, if you’re striving to stay ahead of the curve, then it’s the right time to bring AI into your business processes.

We’ve tested, evaluated and compared the top AI-Powered BPM systems that rank high on trusted review sites, such as G2. Keep reading to choose the best fit for your company’s needs!

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Here is a table where you can compare the top three BPM systems powered by AI.

AI Capabilities & Features Free Demo/Free Trial G2 Rating
Comidor Sentiment Analysis, Predictive Models, Text Classification, Image Classification, Document Analyzer, Real-Time Process Analysis, AI Chatbot (Leia) Yes 4.8/5
Laserfiche Document Management, OCR, Speech-to-Text Transcription, Regular Expression Builder, Content Generation and Transformation Yes 4.7/5
iGrafx Process360 Live AI-Based Automation, Predictive Analytics, Command Execution, Conversational AI Chatbot Yes 4.6/5
Appian AI Knowledge Assistant, Entity Extraction, Natural Language Processing, Document Summarization, Email Generation Yes 4.5/5
Nintex Process Platform, Workflow Generator, Data Tables, Chatbot Builder Yes 4.3/5

5 Smart BPM Systems 2024: In-Depth Look

Now, let’s go through the detailed descriptions of the top 5 AI-powered BPM systems that have been earning 5-star reviews from verified users. We’ll explore how these products leverage AI and what benefits they can offer to your business.

1. Comidor

Rating: 4.8 out of 5 on G2.

Comidor has been helping businesses to undergo digital transformation and modernization for more than two decades. It’s an all-in-one Low-code BPM system that integrates cutting-edge technologies and features into a single platform. An important part of the Comidor platform is the integration of AI and ML technologies. The core modules of the system are:

  • Cognitive Automation
  • BPM and Workflow Automation
  • Low-code/No-code App Development Environment
  • Data Master Management
  • NLP (natural language processing) Chatbot Leia

We have managed to create a unified intelligent platform where you can analyze, automate, and improve all aspects of your business. AI capabilities play a key role in this transformation. They enable you to build a holistic knowledge base that AI/ML models learn from. Once they learn how your organization works, they can provide accurate and specific recommendations. That’s, for example, the principle behind Leia, an NLP chatbot. Leia understands the user’s queries and gives clear, human-like responses based on the data stored in the system.

Comidor’s AI-driven features go beyond natural language processing capabilities. The integration of prescriptive and generative AI in low-code application development is just as impressive. Rather than building an app from scratch, both professional and citizen developers can simply issue a command to AI. That’s all it takes to get a ready-made application that can be further modified.

Finally, Comidor enables you make data-driven changes within your organization. You can use AI to track the workflow performance, analyze data, and make strategic decisions based on insights from the system in real-time. This is particularly useful for proactive risk management in workflow automation. Comidor notifies you about potential issues before they even arise.

2. Laserfiche

Rating: 4.7 out of 5 on G2.

Laserfiche is a reputable provider of BPM solutions that entered the market a long time ago—in 1987. Since then, it has been consistently upgrading its product portfolio.

The latest, 11 version of the Laserfiche, reflects the company’s innovation-driven approach. Just like Comidor, it has integrated AI into all of its core features. These include AI-based solutions for data management, low-code app development as well as advanced document and form recognition. Any business, regardless of size, can efficiently manage big data volumes with Laserfiche. The system processes both structured and unstructured data to make it searchable in one centralized place. The NLP and analysis capabilities of AI play a crucial role in this procedure. Paired with OCR, the intelligent document automation solution quickly transforms scanned documents into editable text, including hand-written ones. The cognitive capabilities also enable automated file organization and retrieval.

Laserfiche’s strength lies not only in its intelligent document management but also in low-code app development. On top of intuitive drag-and-drop functions and ready-to-use templates, the platform offers the RexBuilder tool. RexBuilder leverages AI capabilities to help you translate ideas written in natural language into code. It also serves as a virtual “consultant” that explains what highlighted pieces of code or diagram elements mean. You can dramatically reduce the time needed to build custom business apps of different complexity.

3. iGrafx Process360 Live

Rating: 4.6 out of 5 on G2.

Process360 Life, developed by iGraph, is a comprehensive intelligent process management platform. It comprises solutions for process mining, design, simulation, AI-based automation, and analysis. The system is quite similar to the products we’ve discussed before, especially in terms of AI integration and design. But there are some unique features you’d want to know about.

First, Process360 Life uses machine learning to train a chatbot that not only extracts information from your repository. It’s also able to execute commands and give suggestions on how to improve the process. You don’t need great prompt-building skills to make it do the job. Due to the fact that the bot is powered by NLP, you can tell it what you need in simple words.

The system also leverages NLP to respond to support and inquiry requests without human intervention through email, live chat, and messaging platforms. If your CS team is struggling with a high volume of repetitive inquiries, this feature can be a huge time-saver.

Another standout feature of Process360 Life is AI-based workflow automation. It helps you analyze, improve, and monitor existing processes as well as create new workflows that are more efficient and error-free.

4. Appian

Rating: 4.5 out of 5 on G2.

Appian is a low-code software development platform that provides multiple advanced solutions for business process management and automation. It offers complex AI tools that have a steep learning curve. Appian’s standout solution is a low-code app development platform with AI-copilot. Developers create user-friendly AI-powered apps taking advantage of the platform’s AI capabilities. The Appian’s Copilot creates workflows in response to simple instructions. You can then ask questions about your workflow, request necessary information, and receive AI-based suggestions to improve the app’s performance. It’s also possible to use Copilot for process mining.

What’s more impressive is that you can build and train your custom AI models on your business data. This lets you make Appian’s Copilot even “smarter.” The well-trained models can provide your team with more accurate and relevant suggestions.

Also, you can integrate AI into your workflows. For example, you can have AI analyze your emails to send only the relevant information needed for the next steps. The other, more “traditional” AI-powered features of Appian include document management, data unification, and analysis.

5. Nintex

Rating: 4.3 out of 5 on G2.

Nintex has put 15 years of experience into a powerful and user-friendly platform for BPM and low-code application development. Its portfolio includes AI-powered tools for data management, document generation, workflow building, and automation. You can easily generate documents in bulk using Nintex. All it takes is giving an accurate description of its content and structure. For faster results, users can use templates provided by Nintex to reduce manual work. The supported document formats include MS Office documents and Adobe PDF.

On top of that, Nintex offers an AI-translation tool that generates natural-sounding and accurate translations of your documents. This capability is embedded within the workflow and form building tools. If your business operates globally, this feature can greatly streamline collaboration between your teams.

AI-based workflow generation is another USP (unique selling point) of Nintex. This feature lets you create, edit, and automate workflows just by sending the right commands to AI. On top of the advanced generative capabilities, the system offers an NLP chatbot for quick data retrieval from a unified database.

artificial-intelligence blog | Comidor BlogConclusion

The best AI-powered BPM systems go beyond the “simple” generative capabilities we are used to.These tools take on complex tasks to help your teams make data-driven decisions faster and more accurately. They are not just enhancing operational efficiency, but they’re also transforming how businesses innovate and adapt.

With Comidor, you can streamline workflows, automate repetitive tasks, and integrate AI tools to optimize your business processes effortlessly. Why wait? Take the next step towards transforming your business.

Try Comidor for free or book a personalized demo to see how AI-powered BPM can drive growth and efficiency in your organization.

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10 Must-have BPM Software Features https://www.comidor.com/blog/business-process-management/bpm-software-features/ Thu, 19 Nov 2020 13:19:23 +0000 https://www.comidor.com/?p=17656 The post 10 Must-have BPM Software Features appeared first on Comidor Low-code Automation Platform.

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Business Process Management (BPM) is a discipline in operations management in which people use various methods to discover, model, analyze, improve, and automate business processes. BPM provides your organization with a systematic way of managing business processes in an effective and efficient way. Business Process Management Solutions (BPMS) are software tools designed to carry out the essential operations of business process management, thus ensuring optimal efficiency and productivity. Staying on top of your game requires a solid Business Process Management (BPM) platform to work with. It is really not a surprise that choosing the right BPM platform can be quite challenging since it can mean either the success of your company or its failure. In this light, here are all the 10 must-have BPM features that you should consider in order to make a smart decision.

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10 must-have BPM features of the best Business Process Management software solutions

1. Intuitive UI with Low-code functionalities

BPM platforms unlock a wide range of opportunities for organizations to efficiently model, monitor, streamline, and automate sophisticated and demanding business processes.
Until recently, orchestrating and customizing business processes was a complex work that could only be completed by developers.

Fortunately, there are now Low-code BPM platforms that you can be utilized to design processes and forms, code-free. These platforms can even capture and provide insightful data on how each process flows to get team members on the same page.

So, the best way is to look for a platform that is business-friendly, involves little to no coding (low-code functionality), and lets users build and manage their own processes with little to zero IT support.

2. BPMN 2.0 Compliance

BPMN offers the graphical depiction capability of the business process modeling. BPMN 2.0 is considered to be a must-have BPM feature of all Business Process Management platforms. This enables the users to transfer BPMN process flow diagrams from one tool to another. Without this feature, organizations should design and build a process flow from scratch. BPMN 2.0 compliant platforms recognize all the standard BPMN diagrams and design elements.

3. Seamless Project Management Integration

Isn’t it a pain (and a huge waste of time and energy) to navigate through multiple systems and platforms? That’s why it is always nice to have multiple tools integrated into a single system. One of the numerous capabilities of an integrated software system is project management. This feature helps projects flow more smoothly and efficiently and even allows team members to share data and resources with each other.
To be more specific, we appreciate project management-related features such as what-if analysis to gauge possible results of upcoming process changes (it helps in making quick decisions when needed), Gantt charts that can serve as a visual reference of a project’s progress, and dedicated project tabs or dashboards such as Kanban boards for better organization.

4. Business Architecture and Process Taxonomy

The business architecture enables organizations to design and execute their business strategy, run their business more efficiently, and accomplish their strategic goals. With a top-down and bottom-up view of the whole business architecture, you are able to get a business-value-centric perspective of all the business processes per department.

BPM platforms that incorporate business process mapping and organizational structure designing capabilities improve the visibility and transparency of the whole organization.

5. Reliable Data Management 

It is imperative for businesses to realize that data is the fundamental asset that employees are dealing with as part of their daily business tasks.
Employees handle a massive amount of digital information and it is simply impossible to go through it manually.
Instead,  a BPM platform does not just go through, and capture all this information, but also stores and manages the Big Data in a system-wide data repository that can be accessed by anyone in the organization.
Don’t forget to consider the security and cloud-storage features that your preferred BPM provides. We cannot stress the importance of these BPM features enough. Your BPM platform must be able to guarantee that your data can’t be accessed maliciously, nor will it be exposed to getting completely wiped out in case of a breach or even a natural event.

6. Enterprise Collaboration

In the time of crisis, professionals understand the importance of business collaboration between teams within an organization. From content sharing to internal messaging and discussing business topics, BPM solutions should offer a central user portal and knowledge base where users can share information safely, communicate faster, get an overview of business processes, and plan their work.

7. Mobile Optimisation 

Have you noticed that the landscape of the workforce is steadily shifting towards remote working? Except for the pandemic impact that makes remote working a necessity, there is an assumption that this is due to the flexibility and convenience that the digital era provides. As more and more people use mobiles, be sure that your BPM solution is optimised for mobile. Users have a low tolerance for applications that can only use when they sit at a desk. Thus, we really take mobile optimisation very seriously.

Team members need to be able to create their own working environment and access the BPM platform remotely, even with just a smartphone in hand. Plus points if we can get other online work tools integrated as well so that our team members can work on a project anytime, even when they’re off-site.

8. Real-time Reports and Analytics 

Reports are one of those repetitive yet crucial tasks that you have to do in order to keep track and stay on top of things. Fortunately, with BPM platforms there is a way to get this process completely automated together with accurate, real-time analytics. With KPIs Dashboards you can get valuable insights at a glance, monitor your business performance, and identify bottlenecks.

Most important, you should be able to review statistics and metrics that show all open tasks, the current status of an item, how long it takes to complete tasks, etc. You should also have the ability to customize the reports, download the reports, and carry out analysis as required for process efficiency reviews.

9. Integration with other systems

Most organizations have multiple systems in place. A BPM system should communicate with all the existing software systems and other 3rd party systems. The ability to integrate with core systems is one of the most critical BPM features an organization should take into account before investing in any BPM system. Without powerful integrations, users are obliged to manually transfer data from one system to another to perform tasks and complete processes.

Integrations can be achieved by REST APIs, other connector sets, and built-in connector libraries that allow external functionalities to be included in workflows. In addition, these integrations should include detailed API support, webhooks, REST APIs, etc.

10. Administrator Features and Permission Settings

A BPM solution must have powerful administrator features. As an administrator, the user needs to carry out simple tasks such as reassign individual tasks, bulk reassigns, delete items, and edit forms as needed in the business process, without having to depend on an administrator from the BPM solution provider to get any work done.

The access control level you want to put in place also counts. You may want to display only certain fields to people, restrict access in some sections of your form to a few people, or give permission for some part of your data to a team. You can best utilize your BPM system once you are able to handle all of these different situations.

These software solutions are designed to help businesses optimize their everyday business processes to maximize efficiency and productivity. Comidor services are able to satisfy many business needs for BPM solutions.

BONUS FEATURE: Solidity and Scalability Is the Key 

The BPM market is scaling rapidly and a new breed of BPM solutions combines advanced technologies such as RPA and AI/ML to help organizations respond to their challenges. However, every organization operates in a different way. Moreover, you should ensure that a chosen solution can handle your business size. Some solutions are able to handle small- and medium-sized businesses while others handle enterprise operations.
For that reason, before looking for a BPM solution, make sure it is flexible, agile, scalable, and has all the BPM features you need to fit your business needs.

Are you interested in learning more about Comidor BPM?

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A Roadmap to Ensuring Security in the World of Business Process Management https://www.comidor.com/blog/business-process-management/security-in-business-process-management/ Tue, 04 Jun 2019 09:28:20 +0000 https://www.comidor.com/?p=17941 Ensuring information security is of utmost importance on the world of business process management. Existing solutions for managing the flows of an organization rarely consider security and, if they actually do, it is always dependant on third-party organizations and tools. Because of this dependability, the process of securing the data flowing in an organization is […]

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Ensuring information security is of utmost importance on the world of business process management. Existing solutions for managing the flows of an organization rarely consider security and, if they actually do, it is always dependant on third-party organizations and tools. Because of this dependability, the process of securing the data flowing in an organization is a non-intuitive and cumbersome routine.

Chapter 1: No one can deny that Business Process Management security issues exist

While Business Process Management (BPM) aims at efficiently creating business value, there is a number of threats that process managers need to consider.

Security hazards such as malware, hacker attacks or data theft pose major threats to the reliable execution of business processes. These may have negative effects on the company value, e.g. on profit, shareholder value or reputation.

This effect largely scales today as we are living in a world where managing the processes and the data flowing in an enterprise is “the key to the kingdom”.

Skepticism of customers about the security of business processes of a company would nullify the potential advantages of BPM, such as the realization of faster or cheaper services. Therefore companies are continuously increasing their resources to protect their business processes against security threats. Companies generally spend a lot of money on security. They seldom do ensure that a security policy is enforced apriori, thus the development process becomes insecure.

Recent ransomware attacks showed the vulnerability of professional e-business environments when hundreds of terabytes of critical data were encrypted during the Petya ransomware spreading, resulting in loses of over 8.7 billion dollars. Additionally, the attacks of hackers may have a major economic impact on companies. Because of the cost of theft, the cost for recovery and for loss of business value and because of the loss of reputation and confidence.

Costs for the recovery of a system after a security breach or for the downtime of it or for a misconfigured value chain due to security problems are insanely huge and have a heavy impact on the cash reserves of a company.

Chapter 2: Identification and classification of security holes 

The definition of security safeguards is often a result of current trends in information security. In addition, decision-makers are often driven by fear when defining security safeguards with an attitude of “just-in-case”. As a consequence security decisions provide only punctual solutions and are made without considering the costs and benefits of introducing these measures.

Process managers have to model and assess business processes to assure they fit the security policy of the company or the value chain. Learn more about a cloud security bucket list.

Their challenge is the elicitation of optimal business processes according to the given business strategy. Generally, process managers are not bpm security experts and neglect the integration of security safeguards to the process models of an organization.

Analyzing, planning and implementing security environments are subject for the security departments or the CSO, because security is an area that demands specialized knowledge.

As a result security departments are rather isolated from other corporate core areas. Therefore integrated methodologies for supporting companies in defining security safeguards over the whole business and development life cycle are also rare. Existing approaches focus on parts of the life cycle, either on ensuring the quality of a BPM system and providing the maximum number of features while taking a heavy toll on security, or enforcing strict security measures and heavily maim all BPM features.

It is obvious that there are key elements in the development life cycle that should be reorientated.

Chapter 3: Changing the way security currently works in the flow of data 

Security should be considered as a business concept that embraces the development process and goes hand in hand with features implementation and not as a process of posterior bug fixing.

Inefficiencies in the way a business handles processes and data flows should be fixed before going into production level. The mentality of “security patches” should be highly avoided and should only be applied if the testing of the solutions, before going live, has failed in certain areas.

Specifically, in a highly privacy sensitive system such as a BPM software, the way data flows into a system and gets edited should be thoroughly tested even in the worst case scenario.

A provider of such a BPM solution (Learn how to choose the best BPM vendor for your business) should be in the position to apply multiple test cases and at the same time monitor and identify vulnerabilities and misconfigures that could leak important application or user data in third parties.

For example, how is user access defined for all the different roles in a system and how may organization occupy?

Questions like these should be identified and consequently answered by the process managers in cooperation with security analysts and should be leading to the development and implementation of security policies in Business Process Management world.

Chapter 4: Epilogue and why Secure Business Process Management (SBPM) should be standardized as a term

It is expected that the market for BPM solutions will rise up to 18.6 billion dollars by the end of 2022.

More and more business data will be processed, classified and then will help create applications that automate the processes of an organization within the boundaries of BPMs.

It is obvious that these data should be handled with extreme care while being created, transmitted, stored and processed. All these phases provide a wide attack surface to aspiring violators and thus should always be treated as security-critical processes even if the result of a violation is a simple encrypted mail hijacking.

SBPM, or (S)ecure Business Process Management should emerge and become a trend in the upcoming years. Policies, technical specifications, user training, secure protocol enforcing and data validation should become the norm when dealing with process management.

The letter “S” in the acronym SBPM should not define another layer of cumbersome enterprise-grade security in Business Process Management yet but rather a mindset of developing a product with integrity, confidentiality, and availability as key aspects.

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Why Every Company Can Benefit from Business Process Management https://www.comidor.com/blog/business-process-management/benefit-business-process-management/ Fri, 10 May 2019 10:11:06 +0000 https://www.comidor.com/?p=17250 In both ancient and current religion, many people have embraced the concept of the guardian angel as an assurance of success, guidance, protection, and general well-being. There’s a belief that nothing can go wrong with such an angel present. A guarantee for success and protection in an uncertain world. For any company, such an angel […]

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In both ancient and current religion, many people have embraced the concept of the guardian angel as an assurance of success, guidance, protection, and general well-being. There’s a belief that nothing can go wrong with such an angel present. A guarantee for success and protection in an uncertain world. For any company, such an angel would be Business Process Management, abbreviated as BPM. A powerful business tool that if you learn its secrets, facilitates, the optimal running of all operational aspects of a business. As a discipline, it improves the performance of an entity by promoting business agility and operational excellence. Explore why every company can benefit from Business Process Management.

In a very competitive world, any business that does not continuously improve its processes risks retrogression and imminent failure. Fewer satisfied customers; resulting in lower revenues, higher operational costs, and less motivated employees, are some of the telltale signs of management inadequacies, thus an urgent need to incorporate BPM. Some of the expected benefits of BPM are:

Improved technology and productivity

BPM’s primary focus is not applications but processes and their supporting applications. It aids effective communication between business users and IT, by the use of BPM software, and Business Process Model and Notation (BPMN). Comidor is a powerful solution that specialises in business process modelling.

Where there are repetitive processes within a business’ regular workflow, BPM facilitates automation of such, and at the same time helps in the elimination of redundant process and bottlenecks. Such improvements increase productivity, reduce wastage, as well as boost employees’ morale.

Proper risk management and efficiency

With the proper definition of processes under BPM, a business can efficiently deal with any of its inefficiencies, subsequently saving on its resources. Processes designing, executing, and monitoring, is greatly improved, reducing fraud and other potential risks. The professional approach embedded in BPM operations gives a business the best risk management framework.

Agility and transparency

As the business world digitally grows more and more, competition increases and progressive entities have practically no options but to keep up with the changes. New regulations and market demands also contribute to some of these changes. A notable feature of BPM is that it aids in designing flexible processes and to boost the enterprise agility while solving the “too many apps” problem. Such flexibility minimizes the cost of making changes. Again, with well-structured processes, your business can benefit from Business Process Management in agility and transparency.

Employee satisfaction and customer focus

When repetitive processes are automated and redundant ones eliminated, the employees can focus more on their prescribed duties, making them a happier workforce. As a result, there’s an increase in productivity and ease in access to information.

Customers are a vital part of any business. Giving their demands and concerns adequate attention is very important. With the processes streamlined under BPM, productivity increased, and a happy workforce, there is ease in focusing on customers more. Learn more about how to improve your team’s productivity.

Response to customer proposals is faster, solving arising issues is faster, and customization quicker. Further, as BPM connects people and technology more efficiently, customer satisfaction is increasingly realized.

Measurability and sustainability of business processes

As streamlining of operations under BPM takes effect, comparing processes to expected results is made easier and more accurate. Also, integrating technology with these improved processes eases executive decision-making, by providing the necessary analytical and reporting tools. It becomes pretty easy to quantify the value added by these processes, particularly in the optimization of an entity’s workflow.

BPM facilitates continuous improvement of operational processes, which then helps in keeping up with changes in organizational conditions to deliver the expected results.

Increase in sales

Sales are a very sensitive element in determining the success of an entity. BPM iron’s out a lot of the factors that affect sales. Customer focus in itself is a BPM feature that positively influences sales.

Looking at the benefits available to entities that adopt the BPM processes, it would be highly regrettable, for any company to give these processes a blind eye. Regardless of a company’s current status or size, incorporating BPM creates a road map to success, which is the primary goal of every business that leads to Digital Transformation. Useful information about 7 steps for Digital Transformation you can find by downloading the relative e-paper. It is highly motivating when a business begins to reap the fruits of proper management processes. It stands out from the rest, gains a voice in its field, and its opportunities are limitless.

Like a guardian angel, BPM stands out as a guide, protector, and liberator of every business that adopts it. It is a straight forward, easy, and practical process that every company should consider adopting in order to benefit from Business Process Management.

Author Bio:

Caryl Anne Crowne is a contributing writer and media specialist for Allegra Network. She often produces content for a variety of digital blogs.

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How to Choose The Best BPM For Your Business https://www.comidor.com/blog/business-process-management/choose-the-best-bpm/ Sun, 03 Mar 2019 07:00:52 +0000 https://www.comidor.com/?p=16813 The post How to Choose The Best BPM For Your Business appeared first on Comidor Low-code Automation Platform.

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Getting the right business process management (BPM) software can be a challenge for many reasons. First, BPM is a sophisticated market and products vary in capabilities and features. Second, finding out the needs of your business is a challenging process. Hence, these six tips will help you choose the right BPM for your business.

Be Sure You Need a BPM Software

If you want to determine if you need a new BPM software, check for some signs like lengthy approvals, duplicate data, work that cannot be done without paper and excels, unscalable legacy interfaces, and more. Even when your organization is facing only one of these issues, investing in BPM software will prove advantageous. Here you can learn more about signs you need workflow automation.

How to Choose the Best BPM

After you know why you need BPM software, it is easy to understand the features that are needed. However, keep in mind that you are solving a problem as opposed to buying features. If the challenge can be solved without a certain feature you thought was critical, then don’t let the feature influence your decision. Some features you want to consider are flexible customization, analytical reports, customizable and safe database, navigable interface, and more than you can find here.

Prepare Questions to ask in Demos

The most critical step in picking the right BPM software is scheduling demos and ensuring you participate by asking questions. It is during the demo that you can determine what the product can do and get a feel if it is best for your business. You can ask the demonstrator how the product can solve your problem. Also, ask about the particular features that can aid in solving the problem. Inquire if they see the software as the best solution for your challenge. Remember to find out if any clients in your industry have been serviced by the product.

Measure Success in Numbers

Success must be defined in quantitative terms before the implementation of the product. Qualitative terms open up excessive room for debate, and you could end up with a product that is consuming more cash than improving sales. Set goals in numerals with a particular margin of error, and give room for adoption time delaying performance. A great measurement to consider is the overall process time. Determine the length of each process before you implement new software. Define the end and start of the process with the staff who will see it through, and ensure they are aware that this is a test of the time taken and not the speed of completion. Compare the overall process time prior to implementation with the time after full implementation

Set Minimum Support Standards, Maximum Adoption Times, and Maximum Deploy Times

When you enter the business process management market, you will discover that the majority of software companies will claim they have quick deployment and need minimal code. Hence, you will need to have a timeframe that makes an estimation of process design, adoption, and deployment. Research shows that a typical process design takes an average of 16 weeks. However, industry outliers are able to deploy in less than a few weeks. You also need to consider the reputation of the customer support of the BPM you want to buy. Not every BPM software is made for business users, and not every user is suitable for IT. Determine who will be using the software frequently and ensure they will get the support they require. In case the software is popular for having a high churn overrate or drop-off rate, this is a symbol it was great on paper but hard to use. Research case studies and customer reviews to avoid being oversold. However, it is interesting to have a look at this article presenting the stages of the design thinking process.

Offer a High-Value Proposition to Leadership

If you want to convince the management regarding a particular BPM software, which is critical for getting a budget, you require to focus on results. Even though BPM could facilitate numerous activities for staff in your department, management and executives do not usually consider task facilitation. The majority of executives want to know how revenue will improve, and most managers want to know how performance will be boosted. In this way, they want to make sure that every business part is achieving its purpose. Be sure to show the prospective gains of implementing a new BPM software in their terms. After acquiring the budget, you can now have a smaller list of choices. But prices can be negotiated particularly if more than 50 people will access the software.

Author Bio:

Caryl Anne Crowne is a contributing writer and media specialist for Allegra Network. She often produces content for a variety of business blogs.

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Today’s global economy has been tough to all businesses in general, but it is especially tougher for medium and small-scale companies to thrive in. Smaller organizations do not only find themselves in intense competition against established enterprises, many of them feel compelled to find ways of increasing productivity while cutting down costs to stay afloat.

If you’re a business owner having a harder-than-usual time running your venture, you’re not alone. But instead of worrying about the future of your company, why not take more proactive measures to improve its performance? Start by paying closer attention to your business processes and how they are managed.

But what are business processes, you ask? And why are they important?

The Business Process

Simply put, business processes are like blueprints through which an organization achieves its goals. No matter the size and scale of your operations, you need a business process to function.

A business process is composed of linked tasks which, when completed, accomplish an organizational goal or delivers a product or service to a client.

You may not be aware of it yet, but almost everything you do in your daily operations is a business process. Taking customer orders, managing your company finances, accounting, strategic planning, and governance are all business processes.

Now, business processes fall into three different categories:

Operational processes are essential business activities that produce products and services, and thus deliver direct value to the customers. Support processes, on the other hand, are precisely that – subsequent processes that back operational procedures and do not provide value to customers. The third and last one ties that first two together; management processes are concerned with measuring, monitoring, and controlling business procedures and systems.

Business Process Creation

To create a business process, most organizations follow the same cycle.

  1. Define the goals
  2. Plan/map the process
  3. Designate tasks
  4. Testing
  5. Implementation
  6. Monitor results
  7. Replicate

Ideally, your business process should satisfy these requirements: First, it must be finite, which means it has well-defined start and end points. Second, it has to be repeatable. Your business process should yield the same results even when it is run over and over and over again. Third, every step in the process has to create value; else it should not exist. And last, but not the least, it must be flexible; allowing and absorbing changes for improvement when necessary.

To measure the success of your business process, you have to carefully track the process from beginning to end, including the completion of each stage/benchmark within the process. The business process should fulfill its purpose of helping the organization reach its goals within the projected timeline using the resources at hand. Otherwise, you have to go back to the drawing board.

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Business Process Management

Business process management or BPM is a strategy that organizations employ to supervise implemented processes and confirm that they’re operating smoothly. These days, most companies use BPM software to oversee and manage both automated and non-automated processes and gauge which areas require improvement.

Managing your business processes properly is essential to their success. Always remember that the main idea behind business process creation is to simplify and streamline operations. Anything that does not contribute to efficiency has to be taken out.

A well-defined business process will help you see the bigger picture more clearly. By identifying the tasks that are vital to your larger business goals, you can streamline people and functions so that they work towards your desired ends.

By standardizing procedures and effectively designating tasks, you can prevent chaos from creeping into your daily operations, promote accountability, and ensure optimum use of the organization’s resources.

Keep in mind that a business process is only as effective as the way it is managed. Continually monitoring and enhancing your business processes is the best way to ensure that they are working in the direction of your goals.

About the Author

Casey Belle is the Content Marketing Specialist for Techaerus, a company that focuses on teaching and implementing proper use of software/hardware within companies and organizations. When not working, she makes use of her time doing yoga and completing her travel bucket list.

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What is a Business Process Management Platform?

A business process management platform is a software tool that helps businesses in order to manage and automate business processes to improve productivity and corporate performance. It is considered a critical component of operational intelligence as it bridges the gap between IT and Business.

According to Wikipedia, the critical components of a BPM Platform are:

  • The process engine used for process modeling, automation and execution
  • Business Analytics measured to identify issues and opportunities
  • Content Management to store, secure documents and make them easily accessible
  • Collaboration Tools to remove communication barriers and increase team productivity

Comidor Business Process Management Platform

Comidor Business Process Management Platform is an online BPM tool, which is developed in order to help medium and large enterprises transform digitally. It adjusts perfectly to every business’s needs offering all four critical components mentioned above, combined with many more features.


Process Engine

According to Techopedia:

“A business process engine (BPE) is a software framework that enables the execution and maintenance of process workflows. It provides business process interaction and communication between different data/process sources spread across one or more IT applications and services.”

Comidor Process Engine:

Comidor Process Engine offers complete process management and workflow automation functionality including:

  • Generic Processes: easily create and monitor collaborative Business Processes. Comidor Generic Processes are the core of Comidor Business Process Management and serve as a basis to structure the more complex types of business processes described below. All Comidor process types can be linked to any other Comidor business entity (Files, Accounts, Contacts, Tasks, Workflows etc.).
  • Issue Management: create entities that refer to a course of action regarding an issue that can be assigned and be brought to completion by multiple people, teams, and groups.
  • Opportunity Management: organize your potential deals. Create, edit and manage your opportunities and finally, if you close the deal turn your opportunities to Contacts automatically.
  • Tickets: handle your Issues and monitor the progress of their resolving path.
  • Process Dashboard: control and monitor all business processes from the same screen. You can short processes, filter results and get all the information you need about process planning and execution.
  • Process Scheduling: create a process which will be repeating continuously.
  • Process Templates: have all your standardized processes in one place and have the guidelines to follow a very specific company’s procedure.
  • Workflow Automation: map and track any organizational process through Workflow unit. Workflows fully exploit the organizational structure to provide unprecedented process design and action monitoring. Through Workflows Designer, user can either navigate and modify existing processes or create a new one using BPMN 2.0 with drag-n-drop functionality.

Business Analytics

According to WhatIs.com:

“Business analytics (BA) is the practice of iterative, methodical exploration of an organization’s data, with an emphasis on statistical analysis. Business analytics is used by companies committed to data-driven decision-making.”

Comidor Business Analytics

Comidor is a business process management platform that applies to all business departments collecting useful data. Then, all those data is analyzed and represented in the form of reports and visual analytics to be used for optimizing business operations and improve performance. Moreover, users can export reports by the Report builder tool and customize them with the help of advanced filters. They are separated into four different sections Task, Opportunities, Accounts and Project’s Reports.

Dashboards help you monitor everything depending your role in the company. Set filters to access several metrics which include information about performance, process completion, execution statistics and more. In case you need to view more detailed data you can switch views and instantly get more information.


Content Management

According to Wikipedia:

“A content management system (CMS) is a computer application that supports the creation and modification of digital content. Typically it supports multiple users working in a collaborative environment.”

Comidor Content Management

Content versioning and sharing is fundamental when talking about optimization of business operations. Especially, a strong content management system can make information available to everyone involved can improve performance and empower collaboration. Comidor Content Management consists of three parts:

  • Files: integrate with Google Drive, Dropbox and Box, access files according to your rights and share folders with your colleagues. Users can link all files to projects, processes, and any other business entity.
  • Notes: keep your own Notes in order to remember important information. Also, you can share your notes with your colleagues, or export their notes at an MS excel file.
  • Wikis: Wiki means ‘’quick’’ and that is exactly the role of Wikis in Comidor. Therefore, you can transfer fast and easily the knowledge inside your company. Maintain your business knowledge database through Comidor’s Wikipedia-style pages.

Enterprise Collaboration

Forrester defines Enterprise Collaboration as:

“Sharing activities and data across a network of allies, enterprise collaboration codifies the knowledge that a company creates and efficiently disseminates it to the people who need it — when they need it.”

Comidor Collaboration

Collaboration features’ purpose is to remove communication barriers that make the process execution difficult. Hence, we have built Comidor business process management platform on a core of enterprise collaboration software, offering full collaboration functionality including:

  • Interactive Calendar: monitor your tasks and orders (assigned tasks) either on a daily, weekly or monthly basis. With group calendars, you can also access your group tasks and all organizations’ non-private tasks.
  • Events: create events to inform your colleagues about specific occasions, send/accept invitations and keep record of meetings.
  • Finally, Task Management: manage your personal Tasks, your Group tasks, assign Tasks to others, and the Orders that others have assigned you.
  • Communication: connect your emails to Comidor so as to communicate with anyone outside your company or send internal messages to other Comidor users.
  • Notifications: send notifications in order to inform Comidor users for tasks, processes, emails etc.

Custom Business Process Management Platform

A business process management platform should include all the components mentioned above, but sometimes even all those features are not sufficient for complex process modeling and execution. Therefore, IT companies started developing more flexible bpm platforms that can easily extend to fit every business’s needs. This flexibility refers not only to existing feature extension but to adding brand new features and functionalities as well. Flexible BPM Platforms’ goal is to support businesses as they grow and be the core of a transforming digital environment.

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