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The article deals with the Business Process Orientation (BPO) and Information Systems (IS) supporting this approach. At the beginning the Business Process (BP) concept and Business Process Management (BPM) approach are introduced. Next, the article describes the main processes in organizations and the IS which support them. Then, the BPM lifecycle is presented and the IS maintaining their steps. The important role of Business Process Management Systems (BPMS), the system designed for managing business processes, is also discussed here. This study is based on an analysis of literature, empirical experience, as well as critical thinking and inductive inference methods.