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Business Processes Improvement by Using Consumers’ Knowledge

Author(s): Ewa Ziemba, Monika Eisenbardt
Subject(s): Business Economy / Management, Sociology, Socio-Economic Research
Published by: Wydawnictwo Naukowe Wydziału Zarządzania Uniwersytetu Warszawskiego
Keywords: prosumer; prosumption, knowledge sharing; consumer’s knowledge; business processes

Summary/Abstract: Business and public organizations can improve their business processes by using the knowledge ofconsumers hereinafter referred to as prosumers. The purpose of this paper is to identify these processes.Thus, the APQC Business Process Classification Model as well as the conceptual model of prosumersparticipation in business processes were used. The outcomes show that prosumers are willing to sharetheir knowledge in order to increase product functionality, reliability and usage convenience. Meanwhile,business organizations use p rosumers’ knowledge mainly for designing products or their parts, improvingthe look of the products and their packaging, as well as selecting proper raw materials to produce them.Public organizations, in turn, use prosumers’ knowledge mainly for improving the quality of customerservice. The results obtained can be helpful for both – business and public organizations. They canshow them how they can use prosumers’ knowledge for improving business processes.

  • Issue Year: 15/2017
  • Issue No: 4 (71)
  • Page Range: 102-115
  • Page Count: 14
  • Language: English, Polish