Control Based Processes
February 12, 2025
To support the need to reduce cost and time to market, greater emphasis is needed to control shop floor activities. Well-organized manufacturing process, resulting elimination of bottleneck and waste, necessitates greater reliance upon flexible and user friendly production planning and control system. The planning engine of an ERP system, through closed loop MRP/MRP II capability, […]
What is the PDSA Technique ? The PDSA or the Plan-Do-Study-Act technique is a famous QI or Quality Improvement Tool or Initiative that helps organizations enhance the quality of their products and services. The PDSA technique hinges on the iterative process wherein each cycle begins with planning the quality improvement, actualizing the method or the […]
In any business or organization, all functions are interlinked and connected to each other and are often overlapping. Some key aspects like supply chain management, logistics and inventory form the backbone of the business delivery function. Therefore these functions are extremely important to marketing managers as well as finance controllers. Inventory management is a very […]
Drugs have been a moral menace to many societies for many years. Right from the time, the British East India Company corrupted an entire Chinese generation to the modern world where this epidemic is destroying South American nations, the curse of drugs is causing mayhem. This has led many governments in the past as well […]
HRIS is a systematic process of compiling different information for easily accessing them further. HRIS helps in training and development issues within a business. It facilitates performance evaluation of an employee understanding proper training methods, utilizing the knowledge imparted to employees in an accessible manner. Training and Development – Strategic Implications and Learning Organization The […]
The number one problem with BPM today is that most of the practitioners are unable to understand the system viewpoint. The employees of the same business have conflicting objectives. Therefore a human resource professional may end up optimizing their process, but may have an adverse effect on the functioning of a marketing department. Thus problems are merely being shifted than actually being resolved. A good understanding of how the process connects to other activities and processes will help solve this problem and achieve sustainable progress.
As an example consider a leave granting process in any big organization. There are explicit rules which define the number of leaves that a person can take as well as the procedure to get them approved. Thus although it may look like the manager is taking the decisions with regards to granting leave, all they are doing is following a pre-defined procedure. Thus no matter who the manager is, the decisions will always remain consistent because they are taken on the basis of rules rather than on the basis of who is involved. Such rules are usually laid down as if, then and else conditions in the process.
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