Tools For The Creative Organized Process

There are several business process mapping tools which can help managers improve their business. The process mapping tools are flow-of-work-process mapping which includes Spaghetti Diagrams and Functional Deployment Mapping. Basic process mapping includes Mapping current process, Mapping sub-processes, and Core process mapping. Fathoming business value process mapping includes Value Stream Mapping and Time Value Mapping.

ProcessMaps is a tool designed to work with Microsoft Visio which provides a graphical interface for modeling and mapping business systems. It can be utilised for forming enterprise models and process maps at any level of complexity. These models and maps should provide an amalgamated picture of how all aspects of a business function as a complete system.

It allows organizations to apply a very effective, integrated and cross-functional systems approach in managing all departments of their business. ProcessMaps adds to the strong capabilities of Microsoft Visio for communicating and visualising visions and informations. They also provide many additional benefits for designing, documenting, analyzing and bettering business processes.

Process Maps utilisess a hierarchial perspective to organize process maps that allow viewers to easily understand the process at various levels of detail. This approach turns even the most complicated business processes into easily understandable ones.

It is also a very powerful mechanism for:

Developing an encompassing view of how the entire business works as a system

Understanding how all processes, systems and tasks within the organization contribute in achieving the company's overall business objectives.

System Requirements - The ProcessMaps Tool needs the user to possess a standard license for Visio 2003 or higher version. It demands Windows 98 or more recent versions of Windows (2000 or XP or ME) with a screen resolution of 1024x768 pixels at the least.

Graham Process Mapping 7.0 might be another very useful maping tool. It reduces errors, saves time and money and eliminates wastes. It is being successfully used by companies like Ottawa General Hospital, Sony Disc Manufacturing, The Greenbrier Companies, Atlas Copco, Queensland Rail, Motor Coach Industries, Motorola Inc. General Motors, Ford Motor Company, Metropolitan Life, American Family Insurance, Apotex Inc., ATI Technologies. Graham Process Mapping Software is the only mapping tool formulated to follow the flow of all process items namely, forms, emails, reports, systems etc. and exhibit how they are related to each other.