BPM not only improves profitability, but it actually helps create competitive advantage for companies. How? By using BPM suite technology, an organization can rapidly develop and deploy composite process applications to solve business problems. These applications ultimately enable a company to respond to changing market, customer, and regulatory demands — faster than its competitors! Thus, the BPM organization is not just better positioned to address current
business challenges; it's better prepared to take advantage of future business opportunities.

To fully understand how BPM creates value, let's start by discussing the features, functionality, and benefits of BPM suites (as they ultimately translate into value!).

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