What Is Business Process Mapping?
Enterprise process mapping is a visual illustration, or framework, of all the inputs, outputs, actions, decisions, and roles that comprise a process. By mapping each step in a business process, owners and employees access a comprehensive overview of everything involved in a process from beginning to end.
They can identify the who, what, where, when, how, and the why behind what does and doesn’t work. The benefits of business process mapping (BPM) help companies understand how predictable processes should function by highlighting essential activities within each step.
BPM is a trusted methodology used to solve business challenges by understanding the flow of activities, people, information, and resources. A clear visual representation can help businesses optimize inefficient workflows. BPM is a trusted methodology used to solve business challenges by understanding the flow of activities, people, information, and resources. A clear visual representation can help businesses optimize inefficient workflows.
Why Process Mapping is Important to Your Business
Standardization
Processes are consistent, optimal, and easy to replicate and scale.
Training
Employees receive standard training and understand the high-level overview of their responsibilities.
Process
Improvements
With a properly mapped workflow, it’s easier to identify bottlenecks, redundancies, and other inefficiencies.
Effective
Communication
Visual representations allow employees to understand workflows and provide managers with the tools to monitor systems and progress.
Internal
Audits
Mapping out business processes ensures alignment with company goals and internal standards.
Compliance
Documenting and streamlining processes is vital in maintaining compliance with industry legislation.
How Great Lakes Advisory Can Help Improve Your Business Process
Underpinned by continual improvement and financial success, our mapping business process helps companies develop efficient systems that increase value. Great Lakes Advisory’s methodology works for any industry or organization. Accurate business process mapping services like ours allow stakeholders to assess cost-effectiveness and business efficiency, so they can make informed decisions that contribute toward productivity. Regardless of the industry, Great Lakes Advisory process mapping services involve the following steps:
- Identify each job role and its unique processes
- Gather workflow information on how processes interrelate
- Develop the process map, providing complete documentation of organizational operations
- Analyze the map to find inefficiencies, redundancies, and repetitions
- Work with the business to improve and refine process steps
- Manage the process and update when and where necessary
We Know Your Industry
Great Lake Advisory works with a wide range of businesses in manufacturing and production, construction, and logistics & supply chain, home services, and service-based industries, including yours, to help improve process mapping.
- Inc. 5000 Companies
- Trainual, Playbook Builder, Whale, Lessonly, & Ninety.io Customers
- Entrepreneurs, Founders, & Business Owners
- EOS Businesses
- Marketing & Advertising
- Construction
- Consumer Services
- Production & Manufacturing
- Technology
- Logistics & Supply Chain
- Home Services & Trades
Why Entrust Process Mapping to Great Lakes Advisory?
As a leading process mapping consultancy, we increase small and medium-sized businesses’ competencies and improve organizational health.
Our experts develop clear BPMs offering a more dynamic and agile approach that establishes processes in the context of the entire organization, which supports seamless process lifecycles and continuous improvements.
Measurability
All processes can be measured and compared to benchmarked results.
Technology Integration
We embed processes within the training of your learning management system for easy access, standardized training, and reporting.
Employee Satisfaction
BPM eliminates repetitive tasks, optimizing employees’ workflow.
Sustainability
Through careful design, business processes are continually improved to adapt to changing work environments.
Identify and mitigate risk
Sharing visibility and educating employees of high-risk areas and controls promotes proactive decision-making.
Consistency
Identical problems are resolved in the same way, regardless of staff or management changes.
Compliance
A BPM integrates compliance into the process life cycle, making organization processes transparent and visible, improving accountability.
