Business Systems Engineering

Business Systems Engineering is the scientific term for answering the question "how do we do it?". It is a systematic approach to identifying your business processes, transactions, and tasks along with the methodology for handling these processes, transactions, and tasks.

Business Process Engineering is the cornerstone of a successful system. It is the basis of the system requirements and the blueprint for implementation.

The primary structure of business process engineering usually involves these key elements:

Business process review
- Identifying objectives and activities
- Identifying specific processes
- Identifying process dependencies
- Identifying transactions
- Identifying workflows
Workflow mapping
- Identifying transactions
- Identifying tasks
- Sequencing tasks and transactions
- Identifying documentation
Metrics
- Identifying key business indicators
- Identifying indicator data
- Mapping data to processes
- Filtering data
- Presenting and interpreting data

When would you do BPE? Here are some key events that may trigger the need for some level of BPE:

Looking for areas to improve efficiencies and reduce costs
Anticipating or experiencing growth
Embarking on business software selection
Engaged in a system implementation that appears to be drifting off course

We can put togther a BPE plan for you that will help to uncover problems and identify areas where opportunities exist for improvements in your systems. Give us a call and let's talk about how BPE can drive efficiencies and higher profits for you.