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Sourcing and Procurement 
Glossary

Your trusted guide to exploring sourcing and procurement terms & definitions,
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Process

How an operation is performed.

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Process Assessment Tool

A tool used to collate essential process information.

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Process Definition Document

Captures the flow of the as-is business process, step by step.

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Process Maps

Business process mapping refers to activities involved in defining what a business entity does, who is responsible, to what standard a business process should be completed, and how the success of a business process can be determined. The main purpose behind business process mapping is to assist organizations in becoming more efficient. A clear and detailed business process map or diagram allows individuals to determine whether or not improvements can be made to the current process.

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Process Mining

A process analysis method that aims to discover, monitor and improve real processes by extracting knowledge easily from event logs in the systems of current information of an organization.

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Process Taxonomy

An analysis technique in which a process is scored for potential efficiency gains which are marked alongside likely development complexity.

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Process Assessment

Specific assessment of quantitative and qualitative factors influencing the propensity of each process for automation.

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Process Automation Journey

The high level plan to deliver an IPA program.

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Process Discovery

Provides a high-level visual guide to where the likeliest opportunities will be found.

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Process Metric

Measurement of the success of a process. Output-based metrics are typically process metrics.

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Process Modelling

The diagrammatic representation of a business process.

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Process mapping

A way to provide a visual representation of a process

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