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procesvoortgang

English translation: process continuity

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Dutch term or phrase:procesvoortgang
English translation:process continuity

09:30 May 19, 2010
    The asker opted for community grading. The question was closed on 2010-05-22 13:54:08 based on peer agreement (or, if there were too few peer comments, asker preference.)


Dutch to English translations [PRO]
Bus/Financial - Management
Dutch term or phrase: procesvoortgang
In a company's policy, The text reads:"Beheerste informatiestromen en -verstrekking, alsmede overlegstructuren om een continue procesvoortgang te waarborgen."

My immdeiate thoughts went to "...in order to ensure a continuous process progress." However this doesn't seem to read correctly. I then thought of "...in order to ensure a continuous progess of process." This seems better but I would appreciate some opinions and possible alternatives.
Andrew Howitt
Netherlands
Local time: 19:48
process continuity
Explanation:

to ensure process continuity

ik ben het met Kitty eens
het gaat niet om een verbetering van het proces

maar die overlegstructuren dienen om de *continuïteit* van het bestaande proces/ de bestaande processen te waarborgen

"continue procesvoortgang" betekent "de continue voortgang van het proces / de processen"

"continue voortgang" is "continuity"

die overlegstructuren zijn bedoeld om haperingen in het proces te voorkomen, om ervoor te zorgen dat het proces normaal/ soepel blijft verlopen



Selected response from:

Barend van Zadelhoff
Netherlands
Local time: 19:48
Grading comment
This matches best with the other criteia of the company and their goals.
4 KudoZ points were awarded for this answer



Summary of answers provided
4 +6process continuity
Barend van Zadelhoff
4 +2process improvement
MoiraB
5 +1Continuous/Continual Process Improvement (CPI)
Carolyn Gille
4 +1process development
Marijke Singer
4 +1(ensure) progress of the process
Lianne van de Ven


  

Answers


7 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +2
process improvement


Explanation:
'to ensure continual process improvement' or '...improvement of processes' would be my solution. 'Continual process improvement' gets about 200K ghits! Refers to improvement of business processes of course.

http://www.aqa.co.uk/course-20020728-134605.html
Continual Process Improvement

Abstract Organisations can gain tremendous benefits in efficiency and effectiveness by improving their base business processes. Continual Process Improvement is a requirement of compliance with ISO 9001:2000 and the EFQM Excellence Model.
Aim To provide information on

* how to identify your business processes
* the benefits of continual improvement of processes
* tools and techniques for process improvement, including:

mapping processes; gathering data; cause and effect diagrams; pareto analysis;run charts; control charts.



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Note added at 12 mins (2010-05-19 09:42:50 GMT)
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Or, indeed, 'continuous process improvement', which gets nearly as many ghits.

MoiraB
France
Local time: 19:48
Works in field
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 12

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
neutral  Kitty Brussaard: 'Procesverbetering' is IMHO not quite the same thing as 'procesvoortgang'
1 hr
  -> feels similar enough to me - if you're "progressing" business processes then the implication is you're improving them. Possible misuse of procesvoortgang here, as wouldn't you normally monitor or gauge 'procesvoortgang'?
agree  Carolyn Gille: SO sorry, I really didn't look carefully enough! My eyes skipped right over the 'continual' under your link! (I hope the asker notes this response!)
2 hrs
  -> no problem. I was just answering the question as asked and added continual/continuous in my explanation.
agree  Verginia Ophof
7 hrs
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26 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +1
process development


Explanation:
I sometimes use this.

Marijke Singer
Spain
Local time: 19:48
Specializes in field
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish, Native in SpanishSpanish
PRO pts in category: 15

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Lianne van de Ven: this is a good one too, next to 'progress'
2 hrs
  -> Thanks, Lianne1
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1 hr   confidence: Answerer confidence 5/5 peer agreement (net): +1
Continuous/Continual Process Improvement (CPI)


Explanation:
Continual Process Improvement Management deals with any kind of Process Design, and with implementation and improvement to the infrastructure and service processes.

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Note added at 1 hr (2010-05-19 10:51:35 GMT)
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It doesn't show that I work in this field... but I was a PMI certified Project Mgr at IBM for many years.

Example sentence(s):
  • Continuous Process Improvement (CPI) is a strategic approach for developing a culture of continuous improvement in the areas of reliability, process cycle times, costs in terms of less total resource consumption, quality, and productivity.

    Reference: http://www.pmi.org/eNews/Post/2009_01-23/HowContinuousImprov...
    Reference: http://itil-process-wiki.mitsm.de/?title=Continual_Process_I...
Carolyn Gille
Local time: 19:48
Native speaker of: English

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
neutral  Kitty Brussaard: 'Procesverbetering' is IMHO not quite the same thing as 'procesvoortgang'
6 mins
agree  MoiraB: mainly because I posted exactly the same answer an hour before you ;-)
47 mins
  -> Ha ha! Thx Moira... I suppose I should have agreed with you first! :-)
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2 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +1
(ensure) progress of the process


Explanation:
Voortgang is typisch 'progress' (en niet development of improvement)

Lianne van de Ven
United States
Local time: 13:48
Specializes in field
Native speaker of: Native in DutchDutch
PRO pts in category: 12

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Kitty Brussaard: Also nothing wrong with this quite literal translation :-)
7 hrs
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3 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +6
continue procesvoortgang
process continuity


Explanation:

to ensure process continuity

ik ben het met Kitty eens
het gaat niet om een verbetering van het proces

maar die overlegstructuren dienen om de *continuïteit* van het bestaande proces/ de bestaande processen te waarborgen

"continue procesvoortgang" betekent "de continue voortgang van het proces / de processen"

"continue voortgang" is "continuity"

die overlegstructuren zijn bedoeld om haperingen in het proces te voorkomen, om ervoor te zorgen dat het proces normaal/ soepel blijft verlopen





Barend van Zadelhoff
Netherlands
Local time: 19:48
Native speaker of: Native in DutchDutch
PRO pts in category: 8
Grading comment
This matches best with the other criteia of the company and their goals.

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Tina Vonhof (X)
52 mins
  -> Dank je wel, Tina.
agree  Kitty Brussaard: Probably the best option
7 hrs
  -> Dank je wel, Kitty.
agree  Carolyn Gille
7 hrs
  -> Thank you, Carolyn.
agree  Ron Willems
7 hrs
  -> Dank je wel, Ron.
agree  Oliver Pekelharing
8 hrs
  -> Thank you, Olly.
agree  Lianne van de Ven
9 hrs
  -> Dank je wel, Lianne. We bogen blijkbaar tegelijk het hoofd over deze vraag want toen ik mijn antwoord indiende was jouw antwoord er ook.
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