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QPR ProcessGuide

QPR ProcessGuide is a comprehensive process mapping tool that allows users to create multi-level process maps with the ability to attach documents and metrics to process steps, run dynamic simulations, and collaborate by writing comments, action plans, and lessons.

QPR ProcessGuide allows an unlimited number of users to create and maintain process models, then publish models as dynamic web pages. To make processes even more informative, users can attach information items to the process maps. This gives the user the ability not only to access the graphical process maps, but also to view and download documents, follow internet hyperlinks, and open third-party software.

With ProcessGuide you can:

  • Create comprehensive business process models showing high level and details illustrating the most current status of your operations.
  • Standardize work practices by designing uniform guidelines e.g. for quality systems.
  • Re-engineer and improve your business processes to ensure optimized flow of materials, resources and information.
  • Communicate processes effectively with graphically attractive flowcharts
    via QPR Collaboration Portal.
  • Improve processes collaboratively through action planning, commenting, and best practice sharing via QPR Collaboration Portal.
  • Quickly create Briefing Booklets showing process change, improvements, and performance reports when utilizing QPR 7.
  • Quickly review resource (human or system) utilization per organization and find the detailed information about a resource or activity.
  • Provide strategic process mapping or performance management solution by
    integrating processes with Balanced ScoreCard measures.
  • Simulate processes to identify potential bottlenecks, optimize resource utilization and validate improvements.
  • Analyze processes, illustrate and benchmark results with the highly visual and easy-to-understand graphs and reports of QPR ProcessGuide.
  • Create Compliance maps & plans with imbedded compliance measurement indicators.
  • Create Governance process maps and indicators to provide true transparency for corporate shareholders.
  • Map Regulatory guidelines and indicators of success.

Features

Model

    Easy and Versatile to Use

    Drawing models of your processes is simple with QPR ProcessGuide's standard Windows user interface. There are more than 30 symbols available for modeling. You can also customize measures for performance measurement.

    Graphically Impressive

    Presentation of quality flow charts and graphs provide a compelling argument for internal change. Seeing a process mapped out gives you a deeper understanding of your business and its strengths and weaknesses.

    Scalable

    QPR ProcessGuide allows you to start with simple processes, and when ready, move to large scale corporate process repositories. Minimal training is required to get started mapping processes.

    Accessible and Secure

    QPR ProcessGuide is - unlike many other tools - simple enough for all interest groups of processes, all the way from top management to team leaders and employees. This fosters communication for change. In addition, versatile user rights for different access needs ensure the protection of sensitive data.

Communicate

    Web Usage

    QPR Web Application Server provides an infrastructure that allows web utilization of processes. Alternatively, process model can be exported to HTML files with one simple operation.

    Interactive Portal

    Interactive Portal with QPR Collaboration Portal view users can have their own personalized access to processes; provide and see comments and action plans that are related to processes and effectively find instructions for performing tasks. QPR Collaboration Portal also offers a possibility to build briefing booklets that can be used in e.g. communicating the results of a process improvement project.

    Customizable Layout

    Web views can be fully customized to seamlessly match the corporate intranet. The same layouts can be utilized in both dynamic web publishing and HTML file export.

Scalable Architecture

    Web Security

    Users log into QPR Collaboration Portal when starting to use the web client. User rights set for different users in the process model are taken into account when viewing the models. Authentication is handled by QPR User Management Server, which integrates with Windows or any LDAP-compatible user management system.

    Web Application Server

    The key element of the new web publishing architecture is the QPR Web Application Server, which monitors changes to published models and serves web requests with up-to-date data.

    Analyze and Simulate

    QPR ProcessGuide provides powerful analyzing and simulation capabilities. By streamlining your operations and efficiently allocating your resources, you are able to save time and money.

Integrate

  • QPR ProcessGuide offer flexible possibilities for linking processes to corporate IT systems.
  • Information items provide a flexible way to link process descriptions to other data sources and operational systems which implement processes.
  • XML integration support for all data is available, allowing process models to be exported to other systems.
  • QPR ProcessGuide can be integrated with QPR ScoreCard. This integration supports end-to-end performance management and decision support and is great solution for process centric business methodologies like Lean, Six Sigma, Baldridge, and Continuous Improvement. It also is a comprehensive solution for Governance, Compliance, and Regulatory initiatives.

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