PROVIDING INTEGRATED LIFE CYCLE SUPPORT IN PROCESS-AWARE INFORMATION SYSTEMS

2009 ◽  
Vol 18 (01) ◽  
pp. 115-165 ◽  
Author(s):  
BARBARA WEBER ◽  
MANFRED REICHERT ◽  
STEFANIE RINDERLE-MA ◽  
WERNER WILD
Keyword(s):  
Life Cycle ◽  
Information Systems ◽  
Process Management ◽  
Process Models ◽  
Case Based Reasoning ◽  
Adaptive Process ◽  
Whole Process ◽  
Management Technology ◽  
Changes Over Time ◽  
Related Process

The need for more flexibility of process-aware information systems (PAISs) has been discussed for several years and different approaches for adaptive process management have emerged. However, only few of them provide support for both changes of individual process instances and the propagation of process type changes to a collection of related process instances. Furthermore, knowledge about process changes has not yet been exploited by any of these systems. This paper presents the ProCycle approach which overcomes this practical limitation by capturing the whole process life cycle and all kinds of changes in an integrated way. Users are not only allowed to deviate from the predefined process in exceptional situations, but are also assisted in retrieving and reusing knowledge about previously performed changes in this context. If similar instance deviations occur frequently, process engineers will be supported in deriving improved process models from them. This, in turn, allows engineers to evolve the PAIS (including the knowledge about the changes) over time. Feasability of the ProCycle approach is demonstrated by a proof-of-concept prototype which combines adaptive process management technology with concepts and methods provided by case-based reasoning (CBR) technology.

Foundations of Business Process Modeling

2010 ◽  
pp. 6-41 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jan Mendling
Keyword(s):  
Life Cycle ◽  
Information Systems ◽  
Business Process ◽  
Process Modeling ◽  
Business Process Management ◽  
Process Management ◽  
Business Process Modeling ◽  
General Information ◽  
Process Models ◽  
Business Process Execution

This chapter provides an overview of business process management and business process modeling. We approach business process management by giving a historical classification of seminal work, and define it by the help of the business process management life cycle. Business process models play an important role in this life cycle, in particular, if information systems are used for executing processes. We deduct a definition for business process modeling based on a discussion of modeling from a general information systems point of view. In the following, we detail business process modeling techniques, in particular, modeling languages and modeling procedures for business process modeling. Finally, we discuss some future trends with a focus on the business process execution language for Web services (BPEL), and conclude the chapter with a summary. The chapter aims to cover business process modeling in a comprehensive way such that academics and practitioners can use it as a reference for identifying more specialized works.

Foundations of Business Process Modeling

2009 ◽  
pp. 189-222
Author(s):  
Jan Mendling
Keyword(s):  
Life Cycle ◽  
Information Systems ◽  
Business Process ◽  
Process Modeling ◽  
Business Process Management ◽  
Process Management ◽  
Business Process Modeling ◽  
General Information ◽  
Process Models ◽  
Business Process Execution

This chapter provides an overview of business process management and business process modeling. We approach business process management by giving a historical classification of seminal work, and define it by the help of the business process management life cycle. Business process models play an important role in this life cycle, in particular, if information systems are used for executing processes. We deduct a definition for business process modeling based on a discussion of modeling from a general information systems point of view. In the following, we detail business process modeling techniques, in particular, modeling languages and modeling procedures for business process modeling. Finally, we discuss some future trends with a focus on the business process execution language for Web services (BPEL), and conclude the chapter with a summary. The chapter aims to cover business process modeling in a comprehensive way such that academics and practitioners can use it as a reference for identifying more specialized works.

Interoperable Process Engineering System for Collaborative Optimization of Product Life-Cycle

2014 ◽  
pp. 166-191 ◽  
Author(s):  
Alberto Armijo ◽  
Mikel Sorli
Keyword(s):  
Life Cycle ◽  
Information Systems ◽  
Data Management ◽  
Product Life Cycle ◽  
Process Management ◽  
Business Processes ◽  
Collaborative Optimization ◽  
Market Conditions ◽  
Product Life ◽  
Business Agility

Most of the industrial organizations, including SMEs, need to quickly react and adapt to the changing market conditions imposed by globalization, such as new sustainability directives or new type of customers. The fulfillment of these requirements on time is a must so as to remain competitive in the global markets. Since data management information systems are already present in almost all the corpus of industrial enterprises as custom developments or standard PLM solutions, the natural technical evolution that aims to provide an effective answer to these changing market conditions comprises the shifting from a data management perspective towards a process management view. Hence, the challenge is how to manage business processes that build upon existing information systems so as to encourage business agility, efficiency, and interoperability. The proposed approach roots on the Business Process Management (BPM) discipline and leverages process optimization through the systematic modeling and reengineering of business processes accompanied by supporting interoperable and configurable eco-services, which are conceived as sustainability-aware services designed to optimize some aspects of the product life-cycle through eco-constraints management.

scholarly journals Extracting business vocabularies from business process models: SBVR and BPNM standards-based approach

2014 ◽  
Vol 11 (4) ◽  
pp. 1515-1535 ◽  
Author(s):  
Tomas Skersys ◽  
Kestutis Kapocius ◽  
Rimantas Butleris ◽  
Tomas Danikauskas
Keyword(s):  
Information Systems ◽  
Business Process ◽  
Process Model ◽  
Process Management ◽  
Systems Development ◽  
Process Models ◽  
Information Systems Development ◽  
Business Modeling ◽  
Business Process Models ◽  
Model Driven

Approaches for the analysis and specification of business vocabularies and rules are relevant topics in both Business Process Management and Information Systems Development disciplines. However, in common practice of Information Systems Development, the Business modeling activities still are of mostly empiric nature. In this paper, aspects of the approach for semi-automatic extraction of business vocabularies (BV) from business process models (BPM) are presented. The approach is based on novel business modeling-level OMG standards ?Business Process Model and Notation? (BPMN) and ?Semantics for Business Vocabularies and Business Rules? (SBVR), thus contributing to OMG?s vision of Model-Driven Architecture (MDA) and to model-driven development in general. The discussed extraction approach is evaluated against fully-automatic BPMN BPM ? SBVR BV transformation that has been developed in parallel to the presented work.

Life Cycle Costing in Manufacturing Process Management

2012 ◽  
Author(s):  
Gerhard Moser ◽  
Julien Le Duigou ◽  
Magali Bosch-Mauchand
Keyword(s):  
Life Cycle ◽  
Manufacturing Process ◽  
Process Management ◽  
Business Environment ◽  
Life Cycle Costing ◽  
Product Lifecycle Management ◽  
Case Based Reasoning ◽  
Design Decision ◽  
Activity Based Costing ◽  
Manufacturing Process Management

In the last two decades during which the competitive business environment increased, it became crucial for each company to find the most accurate strategy to make survive its business. For that reason they need to manage and control their costs. Life Cycle Costing is one of these tools, which helps to analyse the cost of a product in the whole life of a product. To be competitive, the organisations have to optimize not only their products but also all their processes. Manufacturing Process Management (MPM) addresses the area between product design and production. Therefore MPM supports to optimize the manufacturing area of a factory. With different virtual scenarios the best solution of the manufacturing process can be obtained and at the same time it is possible to reduce time to market, costs and increase the quality. The focus of this paper is to integrate Life Cycle Costing tools and methods in the MPM part of the Product Lifecycle Management (PLM). We will discuss the implementation of Activity Based Costing (ABC) and Case-Based Reasoning (CBR) methods in a PLM tool for an early design decision support.

Robust Execution of Mobile Activities in Process-Aware Information Systems

2016 ◽  
Vol 7 (4) ◽  
pp. 50-82 ◽  
Author(s):  
Rüdiger Pryss ◽  
Manfred Reichert
Keyword(s):  
Information Systems ◽  
Mobile Devices ◽  
Process Management ◽  
Management Technology ◽  
Single Process ◽  
Knowledge Intensive ◽  
High Flexibility ◽  
Mobile Context ◽  
Smart Mobile ◽  
Smart Mobile Devices

Process management technology constitutes a crucial component of service-oriented environments as it facilitates the composition of services at design time and their orchestration at run time. In this context, high flexibility is required as business functions must be quickly adaptable to cope with dynamic changes in the business. The tremendous proliferation of smart mobile devices over the last years has fostered their prevalence in knowledge-intensive areas. As a result, it is frequently demanded to enhance process-aware information systems with mobile activity support. The latter constitutes process activities (i.e., single process steps) to be executed on smart mobile devices. In general, the technical integration of this activity type with existing process management technology is challenging. If a mobile context shall be additionally considered when executing the activities, the integration gets even more complex. However, the use of such a mobile context offers several advantages. For example, (mobile) activity execution time can be significantly decreased if mobile activities are only assigned to those users whose location is close to the one of the mobile activity. Existing research approaches mainly focus on the partitioning of processes and the distributed execution of the resulting fragments on smart mobile devices. Opposed to this fragmentation concept, this paper proposes an approach to enable the robust and flexible execution of single process activities on smart mobile devices.

Research on Application and Development of the Building Life-Cycle Management in China

2013 ◽  
Vol 438-439 ◽  
pp. 1935-1939
Author(s):  
Bin Feng ◽  
Yang Hua ◽  
Jian Zhong Zhang
Keyword(s):  
Life Cycle ◽  
Construction Industry ◽  
Process Management ◽  
Life Cycle Management ◽  
Construction Productivity ◽  
Whole Process ◽  
Building Information ◽  
Chinese Industry ◽  
Research On Application ◽  
Building Life Cycle

The construction industry, as a traditional Chinese industry, its information construction level is obviously lower than other industries. In order to enhance construction productivity and reduce resource consumption, construction industry must be done for informational reform. The Building Life-cycle Management (BLM) and the Building Information Model (BIM) contain the abroad forerunners technique of establishing and managing construction information, which realize the whole process management of the construction item and whole life span of the information. This paper introduces the basic circumstance of BIM and BLM technology, analyzes the technique of BIM and BLM in the opportunity of the Chinese applied expansion, and puts forward the problem being faced and the motive to be pull.

Lost in Business Process Model Translations

2011 ◽  
pp. 227-259 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jan Recker ◽  
Jan Mendling
Keyword(s):  
Life Cycle ◽  
Business Process ◽  
Process Modeling ◽  
Process Model ◽  
Process Management ◽  
Business Processes ◽  
Process Models ◽  
Modeling Languages ◽  
Seamless Integration ◽  
Complementary Nature

Often, different process models are employed in different phases of the BPM life cycle, each providing a different approach for capturing business processes. Efforts have been undertaken to overcome the disintegration of process models by providing complementary standards for design and execution. However, this claim has not yet been fulfilled. A prominent example is the seemingly complementary nature of BPMN and BPEL. The mapping between these process modeling languages is still unsolved and poses challenges to practitioners and academics. This chapter discusses the problem of translating between process modeling languages. We argue that there is conceptual mismatch between modeling languages stemming from various perspectives of the business-process management life cycle that must be identified for seamless integration. While we focus on the popular case of BPMN vs. BPEL, our approach is generic and can be utilized as a guiding framework for identifying conceptual mismatch between other process modeling languages.

Employee Life-Cycle Process Management Improvement with Web-Enabled Workflow Systems

2011 ◽  
pp. 1708-1723
Author(s):  
Leon Welicki ◽  
Javier Piqueres Juan ◽  
Fernando Llorente Martin ◽  
Victor de Vega Hernandez
Keyword(s):  
Life Cycle ◽  
Information Systems ◽  
Real World ◽  
Process Management ◽  
New Employees ◽  
Workflow Systems ◽  
Workflow System ◽  
Critical Task ◽  
Unstructured Information ◽  
Life Cycle Process

Employee life-cycle processes management (hiring new employees, changing their conditions, and dismissing them) is a critical task that has a big impact in HR Information Systems. If these processes are not handled correctly the consistency of HR databases is compromised. In many cases (especially in small and mid-size business) these processes are implemented using semi-manual procedures based on unstructured information. In this chapter the authors will present the results of our real-world experience building a Web-enabled workflow system for managing employee lifecycle process instances in the context big Spanish telecommunications company.

Employee Life-Cycle Process Management Improvement with Web-Enabled Workflow Systems

2009 ◽  
pp. 335-350
Author(s):  
Leon Welicki ◽  
Javier Piqueres Juan ◽  
Fernando Llorente Martin ◽  
Victor de Vega Hernandez
Keyword(s):  
Life Cycle ◽  
Information Systems ◽  
Real World ◽  
Process Management ◽  
New Employees ◽  
Workflow Systems ◽  
Workflow System ◽  
Critical Task ◽  
Unstructured Information ◽  
Life Cycle Process

Employee life-cycle processes management (hiring new employees, changing their conditions, and dismissing them) is a critical task that has a big impact in HR Information Systems. If these processes are not handled correctly the consistency of HR databases is compromised. In many cases (especially in small and mid-size business) these processes are implemented using semi-manual procedures based on unstructured information. In this chapter the authors will present the results of our real-world experience building a Web-enabled workflow system for managing employee life-cycle process instances in the context big Spanish telecommunications company.

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