Business Process

Business Process : A synonym for value chain, the term is used to differentiate a value chain of activities from a functional process or functional set of activities. 

Synonyms:Value Chain

[Category=Data Quality ]

Source: Larry English, http://www.iaidq.com/main/glossary.shtml , 13-Jan-2009 14:00

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Business Process - At a high level, a process owned and carried out by the business.

[Category=Data Governance ]

Source: The Data Governance Institute, 19 November 2009 12:53:30, http://www.datagovernance.com/glossary-governance/

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Business Process - Business Process Means a sequence of defined steps necessary to achieve a business objective. Business objectives can include any business operation, including product design, marketing, sales, finance, accounting, manufacturing, logistics, supply chain management, customer relationship management and other special business relationships.

[Category=Data Cleansing ]

Source: X4DB, 14 May 2010 12:00:07, http://www.x4db.com/glossary.html

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Business Process - The complete response that a business makes to an event. A business process entails the execution of a sequence of one or more process steps. It has a clearly defined deliverable or outcome. A Business Process is defined by the business event that triggers the process, the inputs and outputs, all the operational steps required to produce the output, the sequential relationship between the process steps, the business decisions that are part of the event response, and the flow of material and/or information between process steps.

[Category=Data Warehousing ]

Source: Aexis Business Intelligence, 07 November 2010 11:40:16, http://www.aexis.eu/DataWarehouse-Glossary/