Topic 9 Business Process

A business process is the approach taken by companies which is focused on aligning all aspects of the organization with the wants and needs of clients. This process is often visualized with a flowchart as a series of activities with decision points and this approach promotes business effectiveness and efficiency while striving for innovation flexibility and integration with technology.

According to NexDimensions (leading App producer), “Business Intelligence refers to the skills, processes, applications, technologies and practices used to support decision making”. Business Intelligence solutions automate the process of extracting data and producing reports thereby eliminating all of the manual effort of IT and the people creating the reports from raw data. This solution produces reports using the data that has been automatically extracted from a database to produce accurate reports. Companies can only decide what new products to carry or drop based on the accurate data gathered from these reports.

In health care, data security is very important because you wouldn't want unauthorized persons getting a hold of other patients data and Business intelligence solutions help protect this data so that only people who need to that information see it and any information sent is through the companies intranet and employees have access to only the data required to do their specific jobs.  Even though these gadgets and security measures play a major role in the healthcare business, the key role that stands out is Human resource planning. This is key because being able to recruit, manage and retain able personnel helps the industry flourish. Through human resource management there's is better promotion and collaboration among employees, employees feel safer due to a healthy work environment.

In conclusion, businesses and industries cannot do without business intelligence and business processes. They are the backbone of every organization that is prospering or would want to grow.

Links to articles I read can be found here:

http://www.nexdimension.net/products/business-intelligence.php

http://businessintelligence.com/do-you-need-business-intelligence/
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