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Get Lean for 2010
The new “Lean” is not about formal methodologies or mirroring Toyota’s operations – the new Lean is about productivity, efficiency and
competitive advantage. It is about doing business smarter and faster by squeezing out underutilized resources and eliminating time wasters.
The new Lean applies to every industry, and it is becoming a top agenda item for CIOs everywhere.
You can fast track your efforts to get Lean in 2010 with help from Metastorm’s Enterprise Architecture and
Business Process Management software. Using Metastorm as your platform for Lean will enable you to:
- Analyze your operations and infrastructure to identify underutilized resources
- Run process scenarios to figure out how to accelerate cycle times and improve results
- Identify where time is wasted and improve on those business processes
- Automate processes to increase efficiency, save money, and become more agile – do more with less
- Give your employees a toolset that will make them more productive from Day One.
2010 is all about simplification and productivity. Investing in Metastorm software can help you cut costs, improve productivity and lower risk in smart ways – ways that enable you to become Leaner and more competitive now and for the future. Contact us today.
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What CIOs Should Know About Lean
- Forrester Research
This Forrester research report explores why Lean is making its way to the top of CIO agendas for 2010.
It outlines 4 essential Lean practices that CIOs should implement to deliver business value. CIOs need to care about more than
just IT system utilization and look to process improvement and business alignment to truly drive productivity and efficiency
across the enterprise. Download
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Lean Webcasts
Join us for a complimentary webinar series
on Lean – get tips and proven techniques for
using BPM and EA to improve productivity,
generate efficiencies and rev up your
corporate metabolism for better results in
2010!
Lean Enterprise Architecture: EA Can Be Fast
& Agile
In the “new normal” of today’s operating
environment, it is more important than ever
to make the most of your enterprise
resources. Well targeted Enterprise
Architecture initiatives can help you
achieve more, better and faster, with the
same or fewer resources. Productivity,
efficiency, optimal use of assets both
in-house and in the “cloud” – that’s what
Lean EA can deliver. Learn from a hands-on
EA and BPM practitioner who has successfully
implemented Lean EA techniques tied directly
into Business Process Management for fast,
practical results. View Now
Business Process Analysis: Identify &
Eliminate the Fat in Your Processes
To get Lean, you need to know where the fat
is, and therefore where you have
opportunities to be more efficient and
productive. But where do you start when your
organization is comprised of literally
hundreds or thousands of business processes?
Business Process Analysis (BPA) software
provides built-in expertise and algorithms
to zero in on the best and worst areas of
your processes and simulate changes that
will deliver better results – no Ph.D.
required! This webinar will explore how
packaged BPA software can give you the
insight you need to make effective process
changes that take into account all
dependencies and a variety of objectives –
including cost, time and profit. View Now
Getting Leaner Faster with Business Process
Management
BPM has been hailed as one of the best and
fastest ways to operate in a leaner, more
optimized manner. But a critical question is
what BPM approaches can allow you to get
Lean the fastest, with the greatest
certainty and with the largest business
results? Get advice from a hands-on CMMI,
Six Sigma and Lean practitioner who has
successfully implemented roundtrip process
improvements complete with metrics and
significant, quantifiable benefits to
productivity and efficiency. View Now
Lean to the Power of 3
Are your goals out of sync with reality? Is
the business out of sync with IT? Failing to
align strategy with execution and difficulty
aligning business and IT are two of the most
fundamental issues standing in the way of
optimizing organizational productivity,
efficiency and performance. To truly “get
Lean,” you need greater visibility into and
collaboration on what matters most. Learn
from industry experts who have successfully
used EA, BPA and BPM software together to
bridge these gaps – with significant
improvements in the business. View Now |
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U.S. Air Force
Product Focus: BPM,
EA
Learn how the US Air Force combined use of EA and BPM to support Lean
principles and streamline application
development – lowering costs, accelerating time to market, and delivering better results that aligned with the organization’s overall mission. |
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Other Productivity & Efficiency Success
Stories
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What do the experts say
on Lean?
- Contemplate how Lean extends to all
industries with thought leadership from
Wharton and practical tips on how you can
get Leaner: Read more.
- See what Clay Richardson, BPM Analyst at
Forrester, had to say on the topic of Lean
BPM at the 2009 Metastorm Global User
Conference:
Download Presentation.
- Follow John Shook’s Lean Management Column here.
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