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  • How to Number the Steps in Your Process Like A Pro

    How to Number the Steps in Your Process Like A Pro

    Be sure to number the steps in your process if you are building accompanying procedural (step-by-step) documents. When detail and precision are required, a visual process workflow alone is not enough. If you like, you can scroll down to the bottom of the post for the video tutorials. A cross-functional visual process map (known as…

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  • 3 Fantastic Process Mapping Alternatives to Microsoft Visio

    3 Fantastic Process Mapping Alternatives to Microsoft Visio

    There are many, many desktop and web-based applications available for process mapping and diagramming and I have personally used dozens of them. There’s just too many to write about. Many of these applications do the same thing, for the most part, so I will give you 3 suggestions as alternatives to Microsoft Visio. If you…

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  • 5 Tips for Building a Great Operations Manual

    5 Tips for Building a Great Operations Manual

    An operations manual may come in various names (operations manual, operating procedures manual, standard operating procedures, etc.) but they all have the same intention. They should make your business better. A great operations manual can be considered the backbone of a company and, yet, not every company has one, or uses it effectively. Does this…

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