Information-decision model for self-controlling enterprise processes

Abstract This study demonstrates that integrated management and direct control systems may be organised as integrated enterprise process control (EntPC) systems, which are composed of self-controlling enterprise business processes. A business process has been defined as a control system for business activities, which are considered to be business processes of the lower level, or as base processes that are control systems for control plants in the form of infrastructure operations. An enterprise process also influences its delivery. This definition has been generally compared with definitions used in approaches of BPMN, YAWL, ARIS, DEMO and MERODE. Each enterprise process has its own controlling unit that contains one information unit and one decision unit, as well as memory places of the information-decision state variables that are processed by the business transitions that belong to these units. The i-d state variables are attributes of business objects, i.e. business units, business roles, business activities, business accounts and business products. Their values are transferred between business transitions that belong to the same or different controlling units. Relationships between business objects, business transitions and i-d state variables, as well as the other most important concepts of the EntPC system framework (EntPCF), are presented in this paper as the class diagrams of the enterprise process control language (EntPCL).

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Management control systems for business processes in uncertain environments

International Journal of Quality & Reliability Management ◽

10.1108/ijqrm-03-2012-0040 ◽

2013 ◽

Vol 31 (1) ◽

pp. 66-81 ◽

Cited By ~ 3

Author(s):

Stephen Eldridge ◽

Jos van Iwaarden ◽

Ton van der Wiele ◽

Roger Williams

Keyword(s):

Process Control ◽

Control Systems ◽

Business Process ◽

Business Processes ◽

Case Study Research ◽

Management Control ◽

Management Control Systems ◽

Content Type ◽

Interactive Control ◽

Uncertain Environment

Purpose – This paper aims to explore the application of management control systems (MCS) to business processes when an organisation is operating in an uncertain environment. The limitations of conventional process control in this context are described, and the opportunities to exploit current MCS ideas are considered. Design/methodology/approach – One such model, Simons' levers of control, is used for case study research in a European high technology start-up company. Findings – The findings suggest that the organisation responded to its uncertain environment with a package of formal and informal control systems for its strategically important business processes. The relative importance of individual business processes was observed to positively influence the rigour of control systems' implementation. Also, the inherent uncertainty or unpredictability of an individual business process was observed to influence the type of control systems employed. The use of guiding or enabling systems, particularly interactive control systems, was more pronounced in those business processes which were inherently unpredictable. Originality/value – These findings illustrate that adopting a MCS perspective to address business process control issues can yield new useful insights for managers when dealing with uncertainty.

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TO THE QUESTION OF BUILDING PRECEDENTIAL CONTROL SYSTEMS BASED ON SUPPORT-DISTURBED MOVEMENT

VESTNIK OF ASTRAKHAN STATE TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY SERIES MANAGEMENT COMPUTER SCIENCE AND INFORMATICS ◽

10.24143/2072-9502-2019-3-17-24 ◽

2019 ◽

pp. 17-24

Author(s):

Mikhail Yurievich Gudkov ◽

Alexey Sergeyevich Dobrynin ◽

Alexander Sergeyevich Koynov

Keyword(s):

Control System ◽

Process Control ◽

Control Systems ◽

Integrated Management ◽

Control Object ◽

Process Control System ◽

Automated Control ◽

Quality Of Control ◽

Communication Devices ◽

Technological Object

The article considers the problem of the modern automated control systems which operate in the difficult conditions of constantly changing multi-factorial effects of the environment. Such systems should be considered as multi-mode, non-stationary human-technical systems, since they realize the integrated management of a complex technological object. As a rule, these systems are influenced by both environmental factors and complex man-machine mechanisms and technical means (such as communication devices with an object, programmable controllers - PLC), which constitute the control infrastructure, which ultimately leads to additional complexity and errors, additional management problems and reduced overall management quality. The approach to building an automated process control system is claimed to be based on using reference libraries and control algorithms (precedents), which are selected depending on the changing environmental conditions and the assets used, as well as on the logistics support. Despite the use of modern software and hardware in many systems, such as PLC, very often the quality of control leaves much to be desired. This is due to the fact that the control object changes over time for various reasons, and the control algorithm remains unchanged, which leads to a decrease in the efficiency of functioning of such systems. The generalized structure of the precedent process control system is described, which highlights the approach to the control of a technological object within the framework of the well-known concept of support-disturbed movement, which is suitable for building robust control systems for technological objects with substantial nonstationarity.

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The EPC II Theory. Accounting in Enterprise Business Process Control Systems

Management and Production Engineering Review ◽

10.2478/v10270-012-0008-y ◽

2012 ◽

Vol 3 (1) ◽

pp. 71-91

Author(s):

Mirosław Zaborowski

Keyword(s):

Process Control ◽

Control Systems ◽

Business Process ◽

Business Processes ◽

Decision Variable ◽

Generally Accepted Accounting Principles ◽

Business Transactions ◽

Accounting Principles ◽

Process Control Systems ◽

The Impact

The EPC II Theory. Accounting in Enterprise Business Process Control Systems The 1 to 1 relationships of charts of accounts, accounting journals and tables of accounting records with corresponding tables of accounts, business transactions and transactional records in the framework EPC II system have been presented in the paper. These tables are the main information kinds, that is tables in which one can write down all information needed for management and business process control in any enterprise, or they are composed of them. In this way it has been shown that the Theory of Enterprise Process Control is compatible with generally accepted accounting principles. This analysis is an example of demonstrating conformity of the EPC II theory with real management and process control systems. The main information kinds with their key attributes were taken from the complete list of them, which is included in the paper. What is more, the tight relationships between resource flow in business processes and turnover on the accounts of the framework EPC II system have been discussed. Owing to these relationships one can determine the impact of any decision variable on the accounting records in a given enterprise.

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