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Process Management Research Center


The Growing Need For Improved Business Processes

In recent years we have seen change sweep across the globe affecting nearly every business, causing each to change the way they compete and conduct their business processes. These forces of change are accelerating with the rapid pace of change in technology, business strategy and structures, global competition.

Our Mission

Our mission is to be the authority on management process excellence. In this role The Center will focus on the most important trends in process management for Global 2000 companies and will be exploring ways to manage the strategic issues around global sourcing, process governance and network relationships, management of knowledge-intensive processes, and tools for ongoing process management.

Sponsored Research And Topics

The purpose of our research will be to apply thought-leadership to uncover new ideas that are practical, coherent and represent the latest thinking for improved business processes and resulting operations.

Guided by the input of our sponsors and many stakeholders our research In 2004 will be focused on 4 primary topics:

1. Process governance
2. Process management and sourcing
3. Managing and improving knowledge intensive processes
4. Techniques and technology for on-going process management

Our Sponsors

We are pleased to have the support of well-recognized companies such as Amerada Hess, Anthem, Blue Cross/Blue Shield of Massachusetts, Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey, Partners Healthcare, Microsoft, and SAP.

For Those Interested In Learning More

If you would like to learn more about The Institute please review the full set of descriptive materials provided on the web-site at Process Management Research Center