{"id":1903,"date":"2013-12-26T14:12:13","date_gmt":"2013-12-26T14:12:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.cmwlab.com\/blog\/?p=1903"},"modified":"2023-02-15T09:13:14","modified_gmt":"2023-02-15T09:13:14","slug":"cross-departmental-bpm-solution-vs-organizational-silos","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.cmwlab.com\/blog\/cross-departmental-bpm-solution-vs-organizational-silos\/","title":{"rendered":"Cross-departmental BPM solution vs. Organizational silos"},"content":{"rendered":"

We had this problem when we were preparing the documentation: different people on our team were preparing some parts of material and it was absolutely impossible to come to the office in the morning and find out if there were already some papers prepared and if you could use them for your work. Emails didn\u2019t help much because there were times when somebody forgot to notify you about a newly created document and you could only find out about its very existence from a 3rd<\/sup> party only when it\u2019s already too late: you had done all the research yourself and created your own paper.<\/p>\r\n

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This is a minor example of information silo inside one department, even one team. It can be worse, to a greater extent, inside an enterprise where each department represents an operational silo. In addition, it can lead to a much greater problem and loss in all aspect of the business. The problem can be cured with business process management solutions<\/strong>, yet cost and time to enter such solutions can be counted in months and even, sometimes years. One of the possible really quick ways to get away from cross-departmental operational and informational silo lies in easy BPM<\/a>.<\/p>\r\n\r\n

A silo\u2019ed department\u2019s capacity is up to 60% less efficient<\/h3>\r\n\r\n

Organizational Silo is a management system incapable of reciprocal operation with other systems, or, in other words, a department that cannot timely and accurately share necessary data with other departments or managers is considered a silo. The negative impact of this kind of situation results in competitive constraints and lack of innovative growth of the company. It\u2019s a walled garden for daily operations which can be particularly dangerous in times of stress.<\/p>\r\n\r\n

So called \u201cTacit interactions\u201d, which is lead through email, influence a great deal in worsening this situation, as they do not actually contribute to the following aspects, which are crucial for eliminating organizational silo:<\/p>\r\n
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