Zoho Blueprint Gets New Features

Blueprint in Zoho is a feature that allows you to define and execute a business process. The new feature from Zoho is a step towards improving business processes, and the communication of employees involved. A Blueprint allows you to:

  • Define all stages in a process in a visual, easy to understand way,
  • Associate employees with the stages they play a part in,
  • Ensure collection and validation of all needed documents, and
  • Create overall better understanding and teamwork throughout a business process

The new features of Blueprint are listed here:

  • Saving as a draft
  • Transition enhancements
  • Mandating attachments
  • Associating related module details
  • Checklists
  • SLAs (time limits) for States within the business processes

What does this mean for your business?

Zoho Blueprint is becoming a powerful business planning tool, and Zoho’s continuous updates and new features prove that they believe in the product. We have found that Blueprint works well and is intuitive, with a user-friendly design. From our experience, it is very helpful to define business processes as best as you can, and then continuously refine them. Blueprints are a great way to get every team member up to date on your current business processes, and the analysis allows you to find certain pain points and bottlenecks within your workflow.

We suggest taking a look at Zoho Blueprint for yourself and see where it can improve your company functions. The best way to learn is just by trying to map out some of your simpler processes. There are a lot of features to explore, as mentioned above, so if you get overwhelmed you can look at Zoho’s Blueprint Notes here. They take a deep dive into all of the features and how they are looking to further improve.

As always, if you are looking for more in-depth Zoho help or business tech consulting for your company, you can book a free consultation with us here. If you would like to learn more about Catalyst Group and what we do in the software world, check out our website.