{"id":625,"date":"2018-02-28T21:30:04","date_gmt":"2018-02-28T21:30:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/solutionsreview.com\/business-process-management\/?p=625"},"modified":"2019-07-15T19:39:32","modified_gmt":"2019-07-15T19:39:32","slug":"7-step-guide-operational-excellence","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/solutionsreview.com\/business-process-management\/7-step-guide-operational-excellence\/","title":{"rendered":"A 7 Step Guide to Operational Excellence"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-626\" src=\"https:\/\/solutionsreview.com\/business-process-management\/files\/2018\/02\/A-7-Step-Guide-to-Operational-Excellence.png\" alt=\"A 7 Step Guide to Operational Excellence\" width=\"800\" height=\"400\" srcset=\"https:\/\/solutionsreview.com\/business-process-management\/files\/2018\/02\/A-7-Step-Guide-to-Operational-Excellence.png 800w, https:\/\/solutionsreview.com\/business-process-management\/files\/2018\/02\/A-7-Step-Guide-to-Operational-Excellence-300x150.png 300w, https:\/\/solutionsreview.com\/business-process-management\/files\/2018\/02\/A-7-Step-Guide-to-Operational-Excellence-768x384.png 768w, https:\/\/solutionsreview.com\/business-process-management\/files\/2018\/02\/A-7-Step-Guide-to-Operational-Excellence-540x270.png 540w, https:\/\/solutionsreview.com\/business-process-management\/files\/2018\/02\/A-7-Step-Guide-to-Operational-Excellence-640x320.png 640w, https:\/\/solutionsreview.com\/business-process-management\/files\/2018\/02\/A-7-Step-Guide-to-Operational-Excellence-128x64.png 128w, https:\/\/solutionsreview.com\/business-process-management\/files\/2018\/02\/A-7-Step-Guide-to-Operational-Excellence-400x200.png 400w, https:\/\/solutionsreview.com\/business-process-management\/files\/2018\/02\/A-7-Step-Guide-to-Operational-Excellence-180x90.png 180w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.signavio.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Signavio<\/a>, a leading provider of <a href=\"https:\/\/bit.ly\/2y1uZo0\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Business Process Management (BPM) software<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/bit.ly\/2C1nb96\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">digital transformation<\/a> technology, describes operational excellence as a state all organizations aspire to reach, but is often much easier said than done.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><div class=\"widget\"><div class=\"aside-card\">\t\t\t<div class=\"textwidget\"><p><a class=\"speedbump-1\" href=\"https:\/\/solutionsreview.com\/business-process-management\/bpm-vendor-map-a-guide-to-the-best-bpm-solutions\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-1682\" src=\"https:\/\/solutionsreview.com\/business-process-management\/files\/2019\/02\/bpm-vm-speedbump.png\" alt=\"Download Link to BPM Vendor Map\" width=\"800\" height=\"225\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div><\/div><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">This is because operational excellence is about more than just making tweaks to the current way of doing things, although that is how it is often conceptualized. Operational excellence is about setting up a systematic operational structure to identify and capitalize on improvement opportunities, but is equally reliant on harnessing non-technical elements like organizational culture.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">In their whitepaper titled, &#8220;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.signavio.com\/resources\/white-papers\/7-step-guide-operational-excellence\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">7 Step Guide to Operational Excellence<\/a>,&#8221; Signavio authors explain why operational excellence is no longer the exception, it is the <strong>expectation<\/strong> of consumers. Learn how to meet and exceed these expectations with this practical 7 step guide, providing clear, actionable steps and tips from process leaders on how to achieve operational excellence, independent of allegiances to any particular methodology.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">Download the full resource\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.signavio.com\/resources\/white-papers\/7-step-guide-operational-excellence\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><span style=\"font-size: 1em\">Looking for more? Download our\u00a0<\/span><a style=\"font-size: 1em\" href=\"https:\/\/solutionsreview.com\/business-process-management\/free-bpm-buyers-guide\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">BPM Buyer\u2019s Guide\u00a0<\/a><span style=\"font-size: 1em\">for free to compare the top 24 BPM software vendors head to head! 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