Business Process Mapping: Improving Customer Satisfaction

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John Wiley & Sons, May 18, 2009 - Business & Economics - 336 pages

Praise for Business Process Mapping
IMPROVING Customer Satisfaction
SECOND EDITION

"A must-read for anyone performing business process mapping! This treasure shares step-by-step approaches and critical success factors, based on years of practical, customer-focused experience. A real winner!"
Timothy R. Holmes, CPA, former General Auditor, American Red Cross

"Paulette and Mike make extensive use of anecdotes and real-life examples to bring alive the topic of business process mapping. From the outset, this book will engage you and draw you into the world of business process mapping. Who would have thought that reading about business process mapping could make you smile? Well, Mike and Paulette can make it happen! Within each chapter, the authors provide detailed examples and exhibits used to document a process. Each chapter also includes a 'Recap' and 'Key Analysis Points' which enable the reader to distill the highlights of the chapter."
Barbara J. Muller, CPA, CFE, Senior Lecturer, School of Accountancy, W. P. Carey School of Business, Arizona State University

"Keller and Jacka cut through the drudgery of process mapping with a path-breaking approach that enables the reader to better understand processes, how they work and how they work together toward successful achievement of business objectives. With great style and flair, this book will provide you with a different way of thinking and new tools to assist you in process analysis and improvement. This book is a must-read for auditors, risk managers, quality improvement management, and business process engineers."
Dean Bahrman, VP and Internal Audit Director (Retired), Global Financial Services Companies

"Mike Jacka and Paulette Keller show their expertise with the application of business process mapping in increasing customer service and satisfaction in this updated and expanded edition of this popular book. With clear, practical examples and applications, this book shows the writing talents of both authors, and it will be used over and over by those from all lines of industries and professions. Kudos for a job well done!"
Joan Pastor, PhD, Founding Partner, Licensed Industrial-Organizational Psychologist, JPA International, Inc., Beverly Hills, California

 

Contents

What Is This Thing Called Process Mapping?
5
Information Gathering 53
13
Process Identification
33
Interviewing and Map Generation
87
An Example
115
Analysis
147
An Example
175
Pitfalls and Traps
205
Customer Mapping
223
RACI Matrices
255
Enterprise Risk Management and Process
277
Where Do We Go from Here?
311
Index
319
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J. MIKE JACKA, CPA, CIA, CFE, CPCU, has over twenty-five years' experience in internal audit. In his current role as Senior Audit Manager over Special Projects at Farmers Audit Insurance, he identifies and develops processes, programs, and procedures that help provide greater value to internal audit's customers. He has written numerous articles for professional publications and is a popular speaker on many subjects related to internal auditing.

PAULETTE J. KELLER, CPA, CIA, MBA, has worked in the insurance industry for over twenty-five years. Most of that time has been in internal audit, but she has also worked with Claims, Quality Control, and Life Company Special Projects. Currently, she is the Director of Audit Data Analytics with Farmers Insurance where she has responsibility for coordinating the retrieval and analysis of company data to be used in all audit analysis, including the embedding of data analytics throughout the audit work. She is a sought-after speaker and instructor in such areas as operational auditing, value-added approaches, and data analytics.

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