The risk of forgetting the process - How to establish a process-oriented risk management

Again bpExperts and Software AG had the opportunity to hold a joint Webinar, where we had a detailed look on process-driven risk management.

Risk management evaluates the uncertainties about achieving a goal and addresses them in a forward-looking way. Organizations usually deal with multiple goals like product quality, production efficience and various internal and external compliance requirements at the same time. A process driven approach helps to identify, assess and mitigate the different risks related to the business process in a meaningful context and shows dependencies.

Addressing this topic, Dr. Jochen König from bpExperts started of the webinar and showed the benefits of combining risk management with a process-oriented approach. Based on this Elke Bastian presented how risks can be optimal represented in ARIS and integrated into the process landscape. Furthermore, she pointed out how to generate reports and overviews from the risk evaluation.

You can watch the recording of the webinar on our Youtube channel, as well as more videos on our webinars and trainings. 

Join bpExperts - Team Assistant (m/f)

- Katharina Bozem

As our company grows and develops we are currently looking for a Team Assistant (m/f) to become part of our team. Working at bpExperts means taking ownership and giving everything when working on your tasks to make a meaningful impact. Our colleagues with different professional and cultural background act as an interconnected team, supporting each other to ensure maximum efficiency. Read the below or click here for German version and if you think you would be the right one for the role please submit your application!

At bpExperts no two days are the same, but the following tasks will be part of your new role: 

  • You will manage diverse administrative tasks, especially accounting in collaboration with our tax consultant, controlling and purchasing
  • You will be responsible for office management, organization of meetings and management of travel bookings
  • You support the team in maintenance and archiving of documents
  • You help with the company correspondence, preparation of presentations and customer offers

You will need the following skills in order to be successful in your new role: 

  • Completed commercial education
  • You have already experience in a similar position and very good knowledge in the tasks mentioned above
  • You have excellent communication skills in German and English
  • Excellent knowledge of MS-Office Software - especially Word, Excel and Power-Point - and modern communication technology
  • Experience in controlling as well as purchasing and CRM systems is a plus

We offer you an interesting and versatile work environment in our international team. The role will be part time and you will be working either in our office in Neu-Isenburg or from home office. 

Are you interested? We welcome your application via email to katharina.bozem@bpexperts.de.

 

Successful with process-driven SAP implementation

- Russell Gomersall

bpExperts and Software AG held a joint Webinar on the topic on how process management helps secure the success of SAP projects.

Although most companies have realized how important their business processes are for aligning business requirements within IT initiatives there is still a lot of room for improvement on how to exploit the potential across the whole process respective project life cycle.

Picking up this topic Joséphe Blondaut from SAG started the session by presenting the ARIS capabilities in the context of SAP projects. Based on this my part was to a present a specific customer use case of a mid-sized company which changed towards a process centric SAP implementation approach using ARIS across the whole process life-cycle. Having a good insight on how the projects were executed before and after the shift, it is a good study on where the major and measurable benefits lay. One main finding is that especially the repetitive character of roll-out tasks within typical SAP template projects (such as site verification, fit/gap, localization and defining roles and authorizations) allow a higher return of the upfront investments into BPM. You can see the recording of the webinar on our Youtube channel. We are looking forward to meeting you there for more videos on our webinars and trainings. 



Job satisfaction and career: Why less is sometimes more!

Since founded in 2012 bpExperts has grown and we are continuously looking for highly motivated experts - or people wanting to become one - to join us. On March 19th & 20th 2016 we therefore shall be on the 'jobmesse frankfurt'.

Especially for young people the choice of future company seems clear; the bigger the better. Large companies have a brand, more customers, more projects, more employees, more revenue.
But just as a lot of large customers decide to work with smaller specialists, offering a high quality, reliable service I also believe that 'less is sometimes more' also counts for people looking for the next or in particular the first step of their career. 

Some examples:

  • Less organizational complexity means that one can focus more on 'productive' tasks and isn't lost in trying to understand the internal paths and policies.
  • Less hierarchies means that one has more direct access to the senior staff or management team and isn't 'held down'.
  • Less 'tayloristic' environment; the employee receives customer relevant responsibilities and visibility much faster.
  • Less time to waste; smaller companies bring their employees up to speed faster and enable an efficient knowledge transfer. Nobody can be 'parked away' until the demand is there.

And working for a small company - especially in a consulting environment - doesn't mean that you will not gain any enterprise experience. Our own customers for example have between 3.000 and 30.000 employees. Working in projects in these environments gives insights on how enterprises work to an extent many employees of these companies hardly will manage to gain in a short time. Concerning the ongoing development of your profile the aspect 'who were you working for?' has evolved to 'which role did you have in which project?'. The employer becomes less relevant in comparison to your personal exposure and involvement. And this is where small companies have a lot to offer.

On the other hand the 'less is more' principle doesn't count for all aspects. Small companies can offer a lot of 'mores':

  • More flexibility - for example we offer free choice of location and travelling.
  • More culture - We believe that small, fast growing companies especially have to invest into developing a company culture and not just 'let things happen'.
  • More diversification - we believe strongly in the value of diversification and with a diversification rate of > 70%, we really live it.  
  • More fun - come and see for yourself, our X-Mas parties are legendary.

Visit us this weekend and learn more during our presentation on, 19th of March at 14.30 and meet us at our exhibition stand (stand number 10). 

Customer success stories: You´ll be in good company

- Katharina Bozem

bpExperts´ customers are industry leaders who trust in our experience on transforming organizations. We would like to introduce a new section on our website where you can read about selected bpExperts customers and learn more about the business benefits our company has to offer.  

With our advisory and consulting services in the context of Business Process Management (BPM) and Business Transformation initiatives we offer solutions with real benefits.

You can download our reference cases here and learn how we supported our customers on their successful journey.