CommerceQuest Inc. and Savvi International have announced an alliance that expands the effectiveness of Six Sigma throughout the subscribing business enterprise by leveraging business process management (BPM) information technology.

The announcement, made at the Leadership Conference of the International Society of Six Sigma Professionals, is being touted as a major advancement in the streamlining of complex business process management and Six Sigma technology.

Desktop BPM tools help Six Sigma practitioners in the design and simulation of business processes for Six Sigma projects. Enterprise BPM improves the effectiveness of business initiatives by applying information technology to define, measure and analyze entire process improvement programs. Combining the advanced Enterprise BPM solution of CommerceQuest’s TRAXION Enterprise Business Process Management Suite with the Savvi Sigma performance improvement methodology, businesses are now able to completely characterize, understand and manage entire value chains. People and systems, as well as process participants, can now perform to unprecedented levels of control and predictibility.

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