Jenny’s Compostwiz Pty. Ltd. Business Process Management

[pic 1][pic 2]DEAKIN UNIVERSITY [pic 3]TABLE OF CONTENTSEXECUTIVE SUMMARY        2BPM & STRATEGY        3PROBLEM ANALYSIS        4PROPOSED SOLUTION        9SOLUTION CONSIDERATIONS        12RECOMMENDATIONS        13REFERENCE LIST        14EXECUTIVE SUMMARYThis report provides a brief knowledge about Business Process Management (BPM) and the enhancements it will give to Jenny’s Compostwiz pty. Ltd. when it is related with business strategy, organization structure and value chains of the company.Although Jenny’s business strategy has always centered on innovation, while examining the business process of the company, limited execution of technology has been seen found. Delay in order fulfilment process is considered the major cause for the problems like lack of communication and disputes amongst the managers of the different departments. The second main problem is the use of paper based and manual work which has caused delays in processing the orders. The problems has been analyzed in this report with the current running of Jenny’s business with the support of simple As Is Process diagram with the perspective of The To-Be diagram. Simultaneously, the management problems are explained in the Project Scoping Diagram. Business Process Architecture (BPA) has been explained in the proposal solution, to provide the outline of the company’s problems and the business processes. Therefore, it is profitable for the company to adopt an ERP (Enterprise Resource Planning) system which will benefit the firm to get rid of the management problems. Finally recommendations are provided to help Jenny’s Compostwiz pty. Ltd. to gain competitive advantage and earn profits through enterprise database system, automation of prices and process management.BPM AND STRATEGYThe objective of a business process is to achieve an organizational goal, which is geared to the needs of a customer. The business process perspective designs organizations, making sure that interaction and coordination are present so that information is readily accessible. The reduced hierarchy in the process organization, with flows across the organization at lower levels, allows the process to be completed quickly and efficiently.Compostwiz pty. Ltd.  Is experiencing decrease in the revenue and lack of coordination among the departments which has given rise to the downfall of the business. Therefore, adopting a BPM approach will help the organization to be competitive and cost-efficient. Accordingly, BPM approach would be helpful to Compostwiz Pty Ltd in the following ways:Relief from the paper- based system which helps in saving the cost and time.Increased staffs efficiency due to reduced manual effort.Controlled and monitored divisions by performing the task online.The primary intention of executing BPM for the company is that it helps in the enrichment of the processes that supports value chains and positioning of the business encircling the internal and external perspectives. Processes that do not add value along the value chain need to be eradicated. This gets accomplished through the internal procedures that relate sub-processes to the external measures and value chains which postulate the overall consequences for functioning of the value chain. For example, Toyota was able to realize significant benefits of BPM by introducing a process focus into its vehicle manufacturing operations (Consdine, Parkers, Olesen, Yvette, Blount, Speer Pg.: 52)