The article examines approaches to classification and definition of the list of business processes, indicates the main components of groups of business processes depending on their relationship to the main business processes, auxiliary business processes and business processes of management at the enterprise. It is determined that the management of the enterprise should be carried out according to the criterion of ensuring the functional completeness of the system, by substantiating the need and sufficiency of the set of selected elements for the implementation of a full range of managerial functions in relation to the object of management. The indicators of efficiency of functioning of enterprises in the furniture industry are given, the main causes of problems with the functioning of enterprises in the furniture industry, the decrease in the efficiency of the use of resources and the low level of implementation of business processes of enterprises are determined. The main components of the business processes of enterprises are disclosed, taking into account the peculiarities of the functioning of enterprises in the furniture industry. The necessity of allocation of system-wide activities, such as main, providing, servicing and managerial activities to ensure and achieve the purpose of functioning of enterprise, is indicated. On the basis of the carried out analysis of the efficiency of implementation of business processes of enterprises in the furniture industry, the need to optimize the main and managerial business processes is substantiated. The features of the implementation of the management cycle are studied: goal-setting, planning of activities, implementation of plans, control over the implementation of plans, formation of managerial influence and adjustment of plans depending on the main, providing, servicing and management activities of enterprises in the furniture industry. Depending on the features of the implementation of the management cycle in relation to all types of activities of enterprises in the furniture industry, methodical recommendations for assessing each of the stages of the management cycle are proposed. Recommendations on the validity of activity plans of enterprises in the furniture industry have been formed through a revision of the planning logic, the introduction of mandatory planning of business processes and operations of enterprises and the creation of appropriate conditions for the implementation of the main activity: provision of input resources, maintenance and management.