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CHAPTER 2- PROCESS ANALYSIS IN THE INDUSTRY

Meaning:
Process analysis is an analysis that focuses on the advancement of work from
one person to another, at the same time describing the input and output, the
individual steps, and possibly also the use of resources. It serves as a tool for the
understanding, improvement, and management of business processes.

Definition: Process Analysis can be understood as the rational breakdown of


the production process into different phases, that turn input into output. It refers
to the full-fledged analysis of the business process, which incorporates a series
of logically linked routine activities, that uses the resources of the organization,
to transform an object, with the aim of achieving and maintaining process
excellence.

Process Analysis is a review of the entire process flow of an organization to


arrive at a thorough understanding of the process. Further, it is also helpful to
set up targets for the purpose of process improvement, which is possible by
eliminating unnecessary activities, reducing wastage, and increasing efficiency.
Thus, it ultimately ends up improving the overall performance of the business
activities.

Objectives of Process analysis


1. Identify the factors that make it difficult to understand the process.
2. Ascertain the completeness of the process.
3. Remove bottlenecks
4. Find redundancies
5. Ascertain the allocation of resources
6. Check out the process time
Understanding, Quality, and Efficiency are the three basic criteria, through
which one can analyse the process and determine the areas that require change.

Steps Involved in Process Analysis

Step 1 – Interview major participants of the process:


Discuss with the participants about what they do, why they do and how they do
it. Identify the information and inputs required by the workers to perform the
task assigned to them. Research the source of input and outputs of each task.

Step 2 – Carry out group discussion:


Group interviews and brainstorming sessions are conducted, with the aim of
generating ideas, and validating and refining the information collected, at the
first step.

Step 3 – Identify bottlenecks and redundancies:


Find out the bottlenecks in each task that causes delay and various measures to
remove them. Further, identify the unnecessary activities, whose elimination can
ease the process.

Step 4 – Create Sketch:


Make a sketch right from scratch of the entire process, depending upon the
business process requirements, which came into light after interviews and
discussions.

Step 5 – Compare:
In the end, compare the latest process flow with the previous one, and mark the
areas that require changes, as per the research conducted.

Process Analysis is a methodical approach to enhance the understanding and


redesigning of the workflow of the organization. It acts as a tool to maintain and
improve the business processes and also helps in attaining incremental to
transformational benefits, such as cost reduction, optimum utilisation of
resources, effective human resource allocation, and process efficiency.
Two Types of Process Analysis Essays
● Directional process analysis essays tell the reader how to perform a process,
such as cooking biscuits or solving cryptograms. (Symbols, codes)

● Informational process analysis essays talk about how something is done


without giving directions to actually do it.

Example:
Process analysis = sequence of related events to explain how things work/ how
things happen. Directive process analysis = how to do something step-by-step;
directions for completing work (to make something). Examples: recipes, model
kits, sewing patterns, etc.

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