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Many of the things we love have great dependencies on a little thing called "process". BBQ is just one of them.
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BP3 Global, a global provider of digital operations software and services has been named a Leader in “The Forrester Wave™: Digital Process Automation Service Providers, Q3 2020.”
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In this 2018 video, Julie gives us a sense of good use cases for automation
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If you want to go faster - you need great DevOps.
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Driven has been one of our favorite events to host and to attend over the years. This year, we're going virtual, I hope you will all take the opportunity to join us! Learn about the 5 hottest topics in Automation, all in one event - looking forward to seeing you all there!

If you're an IBM Automation customer, you should really be working with BP3 - our team will take care of you.

In this BP3 Live video, our very own Dan Seager shows off how you can leverage interactive forms with RPA (specifically, Automation Anywhere), in what they call “human-in-the-loop”:

Camunda continues to advance the state of the art for distributed workflow with the first production release of Zeebe.io a few weeks ago.? The most interesting part of this product (to me) is that

If you have been thinking about automation or performing small pilots, now is the time to get very serious about executing a real plan. It is coming and we all know it, the ?R? word. In a recent lu

Pre-amble.? A couple of weeks ago I attended the IBM Think conference in San Francisco. It was the first time for the conference in San Francisco and, taking into account the learning curve, I

From the AirlineGeeks : "For the ninth consecutive year, Austin Bergstrom International Airport has reported a year-over-year rise in passenger numbers. The Central Texas airport welcomed 15,819,91

[Editor?s note:? this is a guest-post by Gordon Siegfriedt, a Solutions Engineer at BP3] I recently had the opportunity to dig into the OCR capabilities of UiPath for a client. I thought the resu

As IBM has indicated that they plan to deprecate the Desktop Process Designer for the BAW platform many of our customers are looking to understand how to move to using the Web Process Designer. ?Whil

From the BPM.com discussion forum , a question was asked: "From Emiel Kelly: When a customer orders something, you might ask him a lot of information, but it might be possible you don't need all t

Editor's Note: This is a series devoted to the migrations from the IBM Digital Process Automation eclipse based designer to IBM Digital Process Automation?s Web Process Designer. To start your readin

Editor's Note: This is a series devoted to the migrations from the IBM Digital Process Automation eclipse based designer to IBM Digital Process Automation?s Web Process Designer. To start your readin

Editors Note: This is a series devoted to the migrations from the IBM Digital Process Automation eclipse based designer to IBM Digital Process Automation?s Web Process Designer. To start your readine

I was really pleased to see Jonathan Huang of Centric writing a review of his experience with Brazos UI Toolkit , demonstrating that we've hit the mark!?? Please read it! There are great details i

Editor's note: This is a series devoted to the migrations from the IBM Digital Process Automation eclipse based designer to IBM Digital Process Automation?s Web Process Designer. To start your readin

Editors Note: This is a series devoted to the migrations from the IBM Digital Process Automation eclipse based designer to IBM Digital Process Automation's Web Process Designer. To start your readin

In our world of process, there are a lot of low-code or no-code platforms on offer.? Being a realist, it often turns out that there are certain things these platforms allow you to represent visually -

For those craving some real research into the reasons for process deviance, and some weekend reading, I turn your attention to the following paper: Why do business processes deviate? Results from a D

[Editor?s note: This guest post is the ninth in a series from Larry Taber, BP3?s Digital Strategy Officer for Life Sciences and Pharma.?Larry has over 32 years of deep pharmaceutical and biotech expe

Editor?s note: This guest post is the eighth in a series from Larry Taber, BP3?s Digital Strategy Officer for Life Sciences and Pharma.?Larry has over 32 years of deep pharmaceutical and biotech expe

Editor?s note: This guest post is the seventh in a series from Larry Taber, BP3?s Digital Strategy Officer for Life Sciences and Pharma.?Larry has over 32 years of deep pharmaceutical and biotech exp

There are multiple regulatory agency cooperative initiatives involving digitization and standardization like the WHO Programme for International Drug Monitoring VigiBase, FDA? Sentinel Initiative

While the use of DTC ads for prescription drugs remains controversial, the evidence is clear that direct-to-consumer advertising educates consumers about medical conditions, medical treatments, and pr

There's more than one way to build a UI for process. At BP3 we always look at simplifying and speeding up the process for building solutions, and here's an example of building a dialog in 30 seconds:

Editor?s note: This guest post is the fourth in a series from Larry Taber, BP3?s Digital Strategy Officer for Life Sciences and Pharma.?Larry has over 32 years of deep pharmaceutical and biotech expe

Editor?s note: This guest post is the second in a series from Larry Taber, BP3?s Digital Strategy Officer for Life Sciences and Pharma.?Larry has over 32 years of deep pharmaceutical and biotech expe

Editor?s note: This guest post is the third in a series from Larry Taber, BP3?s Digital Strategy Officer for Life Sciences and Pharma.?Larry has over 32 years of deep pharmaceutical and biotech exper

I wrote this post over on Medium to startups: " Startups: If You?re not Blogging, You?re Making a?Mistake " and it got picked up by the AustinStartups publication on Medium. And the advice was real

We had a great Driven 2018 event.? Our focus on Digital Operations led us to many interesting places in this year's conference, and nothing makes you feel better about a conference than someone else w

At Driven this year, Krista White asked me what I like best about it.? And honestly, what I like best is the variety of amazing technologies that are just adjacent to the core of what we do. Those tec

Actually 5G isn't a myth, but there are a couple of myths floating around 5G.? In particular, after seeing some demonstrations of the technology given by Verizon to members of the press at CNBC, ther

A 2007 PriceWaterHouseCooper study found that pharmaceutical companies needed to transform the processes it uses to conduct R&D. Too many companies were investigating new molecules before they h

A typical pharma product or medical device requires 10 or more years to research and develop before gaining approval to market. The Medicines Development Process But consider this, once

We are excited to announce? Pega Systems will be sponsoring Driven 2018 . Pega Systems will be presenting on topics like gaining alignment for business and IT through digital process automation a

[Editor's note: Driven 2018 is coming up quick and we wanted to share some of our most anticipated sessions with you. You can register for Driven here . Join a community of analysts, industry exper

[Editor's note:? Driven 2018 is coming up quick and we wanted to share some of our most anticipated sessions with you. You can register for Driven here . Join a community of analysts, industry e

[Editor's note: Driven 2018 is coming up quick and we wanted to share some of our most anticipated sessions with you. You can register for Driven here . Join a community of analysts, industry exerts

We're pleased to announce all of the sponsors for Driven 2018. Automation Anywhere Camunda Bizagi Pega Join a community of analysts, industry experts, and like-minde

I'll begin with the ending: The customer journey is the (only) process that really matters.? It's a provocative statement, but let's turn it around and examine it.? How can I say it, given 11 ye

Driven 2018 is coming up quick and we wanted to share some of our most anticipated sessions with you. You can register for Driven here . Join a community of analysts, industry experts, and like-minde

At BP3 we have been studying various industries and their potential for a massive transformation involving digital technologies. We are convinced that the conditions and evidence exists for healthcare

From nearly the first year I began writing this blog on behalf of BP3, pundits and commentators have predicted the demise of "BPM", to be replaced by the next thing. My argument has long been th

So who is Big Pharma, really??? Big Pharma is a term used to refer collectively to the global pharmaceutical industry, which includes pharmaceutical (innovators and generic), biotech, and medica

Automated Testing in Digital Operations. Watch the video? here . Watch to Learn: Common problems in regards to testing How to fix those problems What tools work for testing He

?Medicine is not only a science; it is also an art.? It does not consist of compounding pills and plasters ; it deals with the very processes of life, which must be understood before they can

Keith Swenson weighs in on " Worklist Performance Considerations ": This is a technical deep dive into system design around providing a worklist to workers in a BPM system, and the technical trad

CIOReview published a timely report on the 20 Most Promising Robotics Solution Providers last week - with a nice rundown of how BP3 approaches RPA (Robotic Process Automation) as a critical componen

How can C-level executives recognize problems within their operations? Chairman, Lance Gibbs reveals how to catch problems and keys to shifting employee mindsets and enacting change. Watch the video

BP3 now has a customer live with the next generation of task federation in IBM BPM. While the Brazos portal has always supported giving your users one place for their tasks even if you had multiple I

. How do you identify where to use Robotic Process Automation (RPA) in your business? Scott Francis, BP3's CEO explains how to identify those use cases with examples.

Hybrid Cloud and On-Premise Software Complexity The end-users who leverage our software shouldn't have to know anything about the infrastructure that supports it.? They open a link or browser an

Process Automation consultant, Ted Lano, uses Robotic Process Automation to make filing his taxes a breeze. Take a look at how Ted sets up his robot to do the hard work and completes his tax return 50

An age-old problem in software development has been the communication gap between IT and business staff. This communication gap can lead to misunderstood requirements, project delays, rework, and a sl

"You can't manage what you don't measure." This popular quote is attributed to Peter Drucker and sounds like something he'd say, but according to the Drucker Institute he didn't actually say it. He di

In part 1, we focused on why process is important to Digital Operations - and indeed to Digital Transformation.? In Part 2, we'll focus on how BPM software has evolved to support Digital Operations i

When the subject of Digital Transformation comes up, I'm often asked "what is it?" by folks who are not working in a large enterprise that is looking to transform itself.? I tell them our clients are

iGrafx, a software vendor with offices here in Austin and in Portland and Europe, recently announced a GDPR suite for customers: The suite lets business customers assess risk from the perspectiv

The Importance of DevOps from BP3 on Vimeo . What is DevOps, what does it mean to customers and how are people approaching it? David Brakoniecki sits down with Krista White to explain t

One of the things our engineering team does really well is keep improving the rough edges of any product they get their hands on.? Brazos itself is no different.? Brazos has always had strong support

Migration from BP3 on Vimeo . Director of BPLabs, Rico DiMarzio, details BP3's history with migrations and what questions companies should be asking before beginning a migration.

We work a lot with both our clients and with experts in operational excellence, decision management, and process improvement. And one of the hold-overs from a prior era of expertise on the subject of

Process Transformation and Artificial Intelligence from BP3 on Vimeo . Where does artificial intelligence fit into process transformation? Does your use case require artificial intellig

What Makes Cognitive Effective Today? from BP3 on Vimeo . Why the growing interest in cognitive? VP of Sales, Ted Irani explains the growth in cognitive computing that lead to today's

User Experience and Empathy in Process Transformation from BP3 on Vimeo .

A particularly interesting panel involved the funding of startups in China .? The panel was driven by: Cao Yi of Source Code Capital , Anna Fang of ZhenFund, and Hans Tung of GGV, moderated by Adam L

Alberto Manuel has again produced a list of process blogs worth reading - his 2017 edition .? Again, we're honored to be on the list! Bp-3 ?? Scott Francis?s blog brings a balanced viewpoi

In a recent issue of Power International Magazine , Bill Perry covers PNM Resources' successful digital transformation of their customer service requests.? PNM is a great power company in New Mexic

I had a discussion today with one of our customers who has a very interesting approach to their Digital Process Automation practice. ?While not explicitly stated by them, I think a formal statement o

I recently came across a link to a website advertising ?The Impossible Jigsaw Puzzle?. The description states ?These are not just regular puzzles, but also have a few features that make them both uni

Thomas Filaire has a nice primer on Process Mining up on Medium . Including a nice venn diagram showing where process mining "lives" - at the intersection of business process management and data mini

Recently, we posted a blog with a video of a bot enabling "swivel chair" integration ( https://www.bp-3.com/swivel-chair-doesnt-work/ ). ?I wanted to take this topic a bit deeper and discuss the broad

Identifying Process Patterns from BP3 on Vimeo . Ted Irani, BP3's VP of Sales joins Krista to define process patterns, how to identify them and the benefits.

Utrecht, 21 November 2017 - BP3 Netherlands has been selected to continue working with The Dutch Tax Authorities (Belastingdienst). BP3 is part of a network of subcontractors in a contract that spa

When to Use Decision Management from BP3 on Vimeo . When do you use Decision Management? What problems are you trying to solve? What type of Decision Management solutions are out there?

MWD's insight newsletter is a good one to be reading.? I have subscribed to MWD's research over the years and have found it to be a great value. In a recent email missive, Neil Ward-Dutton states:

Phil Gilbert recently spoke at Web Summit. Phil runs Design for IBM.? And he used the opportunity to talk about design at scale - at IBM.? Effectively it isn't just about design - it is about enacting

What is Decision Management? from BP3 on Vimeo . Tom Wilger explains what decision management is, what to think about, and how to get started in this video.

Stories From My First Project from BP3 on Vimeo . How do new consultants at BP3 train and prepare for their first project? In this video, Annie Diep discusses her first project and the

Migrating Your Digital Process Solution from BP3 on Vimeo . In this video, Andrew Paier sits down with Krista to talk about Digital Process Automation migrations. Whether you are moving

Something I have been looking forward to this year is speaking at the iGrafx' 2017 conference: from Process to Insight ? in Orlando. The speaker lineup is stacked with process transformation experts

In early process transformation projects, there is often a lack of integrations requiring users to complete their work with "swivel chair" integrations. Recently, we have started using RPA to enable

The Institute For Robotic Automation defines RPA as: Robotic Process Automation (RPA) refers to automation where a computer drives existing enterprise application software in the same way as a user

In this video, Carmen Galicia walks through using external user interface tools to manage your digital process automation user experience. She highlights the benefits and challenges of "going h

Great article by Olan Anesini on the subject of process + data science over on Medium .? It's a theme we've been exploring at BP3 for a couple of years now, and one that innovators in business proces

Some transformative projects are... messier... than others...? Water & Wastewater International covered this case study : UK-based Severn Trent Water (STW), which provides sewage services to m

Planning Your Project Roadmap from BP3 on Vimeo . In this video, Andrew Paier talks through getting started with your first process and decision project. He discusses best practices and

How BP3 Helps Customers with Digital Transformation from BP3 on Vimeo . Chief Strategy Officer, Amit Malhotra, sits down with Krista to talk about exactly how BP3 is working with our custo

What is Digital Transformation? from BP3 on Vimeo . CEO, Scott Francis talks how BP3 helps companies operationalize Digital Transformation to gain success.

If you were wondering whether microservices architecture was coming for BPM engines, this post makes it pretty clear that it is happening: This new direction will give users the flexibility to ope

Ben Thompson weighs in on his blog , with respect to Uber's new CEO.? His conclusion is what caught my attention: And yet, the company has landed on a candidate that I am quite enthused about, and