The success of a company is essentially linked to the efficiency of its processes. The optimization of business processes is therefore a central concern for companies in almost every industry. Efficient and streamlined processes are crucial for reducing costs, improving quality and increasing competitiveness. In order to realize this potential, companies face a variety of challenges. Ambiguities, inefficiencies and unexpected obstacles can cause process optimization initiatives to stall.
Business processes are diverse and complex; there is a large discrepancy between the ideal and the reality of how processes work on a day-to-day basis. The approach of identifying inefficient processes or optimization opportunities usually requires a lot of time and resources. As the results of this evaluation phase are usually based on perceptions and experience, and too rarely on a well-founded systemic data analysis, they are usually incomplete and the potential for improvement is not fully exploited.
Process mining has the potential to take process optimization to a new level
The innovative “Process Mining” technology offers companies the opportunity to analyze, understand and, if necessary, optimize business processes. By extracting data from digital process logs, process mining makes it possible to visualize actual business processes in concise diagrams. In this way, previously undocumented processes can be visualized (discovery), target processes can be examined on the basis of the actual situation (conformance checking) and potential for improvement can be identified and subsequently optimized (enhancement).
A fundamental prerequisite for the introduction of process mining in your company is that the processes to be analyzed mainly run in IT systems or are recorded digitally. Furthermore, high-quality data is an important factor. Otherwise, misinterpretations can occur that significantly impair the effectiveness of process mining.
The key strength of process mining is the knowledge gained through the analysis of real data. Decisions on process optimization are not only based on assumptions, but rather on data-supported findings.
We will be pleased to support you in introducing process mining in your company and taking your process optimization to a new level. Please do not hesitate to contact us for more information on process mining.
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