Comparison of Business Process Models as Part of BPR Projects

2014 ◽  
Vol 27 (1) ◽  
pp. 53-66 ◽  
Author(s):  
Mouna Tka ◽  
Sonia Ayachi Ghannouchi

Business Process Reengineering (BPR) is one of the existing methods in the literature that lead to evolutionary changes and adjustments that have become a necessity in today's business. As part of BPR projects, we need to compare process models to reference models to detect differences and propose improvements thereafter to remedy them. This paper presents a state of the art on works that were interested in comparing models of business process models and defines an approach for comparing two business processes and measuring the gap between them. The proposed approach has been developed and was tested with software development processes.

Author(s):  
Біленко В. О.

The essence of business process management theory is investigated. It is noted that the effective functioning of the organization in modern conditions is largely determined by the formalization of interacting business processes performed in the organization. The analysis of the business process classification, existing business process models, the estimation of economic efficiency and the analysis of existing systems of business process monitoring are presented. The features of economic-mathematical models of business process reengineering are noted, as well as an example of optimization of the business process of supporting the users of the united territorial community.


2017 ◽  
Vol 12 (3) ◽  
pp. 161
Author(s):  
Andy Lieman Candra

AbstrakSekretariat Fakultas Sains dan Teknologi Universitas Ma Chung merupakan fakultas dimana Penulis melakukan penelitian. Tujuan dari penelitian ini adalah untuk menganalisis proses bisnis yang ada di Sekretariat Fakultas Sains dan Teknologi Universitas Ma Chung berdasarkan dari hasil wawancara dengan beberapa stakeholder yang memiliki kebutuhan ataupun keluhan terhadap setiap proses bisnis yang berjalan, mengidentifikasi permasalahan dari proses bisnis yang kurang efisien dan membuat usulan perbaikan untuk setiap proses bisnis dengan menggunakan pendekatan ilmu Business Process Reengineering (BPR). Penulis juga menggunakan metode analisis nilai tambah pada penelitian ini. Tujuan dari penggunaan metode analisis nilai tambah adalah untuk mengkategorikan langkah maupun elemen kerja ke dalam tiga kategori, yakni value adding, business value adding dan non value adding. Pengaktegorisasian tersebut bertujuan untuk menghilangkan langkah maupun elemen kerja yang termasuk kedalam non value adding dan meminimalkan langkah maupun elemen kerja yang termasuk kedalam business value adding. Penulis mengidentikasi permasalahan setiap proses bisnis dengan menggunakan diagram sebab akibat. Diagram sebab akibat dapat menggambarkan dengan jelas mengenai permasalahan dengan faktor-faktor penyebab yang memengaruhi permasalahan di setiap proses bisnis. Hasil dari penelitian ini adalah pendesainan ulang setiap proses bisnis menurut kebutuhan dan keluhan dari stakeholder dan setiap proses bisnis di Sekretariat Fakultas Sains dan Teknologi didokumentasikan dalam bentuk standard operating procedure (SOP). AbstractSecretariat of Faculty of Science and Technology Ma Chung University is a place where the author conducts research. The purposes of this research are to analyze business processes in Secretariat of Faculty of Science and Technology Ma Chung University based on interview results with some stakeholders who have needs or complaints with ongoing business processes, identify problems of less efficient business processes and make proposed improvements for each business process using the Business Process Reengineering approach. Author also uses value added analysis method on this research. The purpose of using value added analysis method is to categorize steps or tasks in every business process into three categories: value adding, business value adding and non value adding. The categorizations aim to eliminate steps or tasks included into non value adding and minimize steps or tasks included into business value adding. Author identifies problems of each business process by using cause and effect diagram. Cause and effect diagram can clearly illustrate the problems with the underlying factors that affect the problem in each business process. The results of this research are redesigning every business processes according to the interview results with stakeholders about their needs and complaints and also every business process in Secretariat of Faculty of Science and Technology are documented in the form of standard operating procedure. Keywords: Business Process Reengineering, Value Added Analysis, Standard Operating Procedure and Cause and Effect Diagram.


2019 ◽  
Vol 25 (5) ◽  
pp. 908-922 ◽  
Author(s):  
Remco Dijkman ◽  
Oktay Turetken ◽  
Geoffrey Robert van IJzendoorn ◽  
Meint de Vries

Purpose Business process models describe the way of working in an organization. Typically, business process models distinguish between the normal flow of work and exceptions to that normal flow. However, they often present an idealized view. This means that unexpected exceptions – exceptions that are not modeled in the business process model – can also occur in practice. This has an effect on the efficiency of the organization, because information systems are not developed to handle unexpected exceptions. The purpose of this paper is to study the relation between the occurrence of exceptions and operational performance. Design/methodology/approach The paper does this by analyzing the execution logs of business processes from five organizations, classifying execution paths as normal or exceptional. Subsequently, it analyzes the differences between normal and exceptional paths. Findings The results show that exceptions are related to worse operational performance in terms of a longer throughput time and that unexpected exceptions relate to a stronger increase in throughput time than expected exceptions. Practical implications These findings lead to practical implications on policies that can be followed with respect to exceptions. Most importantly, unexpected exceptions should be avoided by incorporating them into the process – and thus transforming them into expected exceptions – as much as possible. Also, as not all exceptions lead to longer throughput times, continuous improvement should be employed to continuously monitor the occurrence of exceptions and make decisions on their desirability in the process. Originality/value While work exists on analyzing the occurrence of exceptions in business processes, especially in the context of process conformance analysis, to the best of the authors’ knowledge this is the first work that analyzes the possible consequences of such exceptions.


2019 ◽  
Vol 5 (12) ◽  
pp. 281-291
Author(s):  
G. Korolev ◽  
V. Barinov

Currently, most companies can select a number of methodologies to improve their business processes, including Six Sigma, Lean Six Sigma, Total Quality Management, Kaizen and Business Process Reengineering (BPR). Obviously, the choice of an appropriate methodology should be guided by the goals of the organization. In this regard, BPR is one of the best methodologies that can help companies ensure the continuity of their business so that they remain relevant for a long time. More importantly, BPR can help members rethink their existing practices and make significant improvements to the existing business process. The authors conducted a study of the theory of BPR. The main definitions are considered in detail, the essence of reengineering is revealed, five stages of implementation are named, possible positive and negative points in the process of BPR implementation are noted, examples are given. Based on the foregoing, it was concluded that companies that need to make changes in their business processes can adopt BPR as the most suitable methodology that will help to make improvements in their workplace.


Repositor ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 1 (2) ◽  
pp. 159
Author(s):  
Damar Arya Pradhipta ◽  
Wildan Suharso ◽  
Maskur S.Kom., M.kom

AbstrakSetiap Instansi yang menyediakan sebuah pelayanan kepada masyarakat menginginkan sebuah layanan yang berkualitas. Meningkatkan sebuah kualitas pada pelayanan perlu memahami kekurangan selama ini. Kejaksaan Negeri Batu adalah sebuah instansi di Provinsi Jawa Timur yang pelayanan masih berjalan secara manual. Hal ini menimbulkan permasalahan dari segi pelayanan, kecepatan dan biaya kepada masyarakat. Berdasarkan masalah ini perlu dilakukan perubahan proses bisnis pada Kejaksasaan Negeri Batu dengan penerapan BPR (Business Process Reengineering). Business Process Reengineering adalah konsep untuk mengubah ulang proses bisnis yang memiliki kelemahan pada proses. Tujuanya untuk memperbaiki sebuah kinerja proses agar lebih efisien. Penelitian dimulai dengan mengumpulkan beberapa referensi yang berkaitan dengan Business Process Reengineering. Metode pengumpulan data dilakukan dengan cara observasi ke studi kasus, wawancara dengan pihak Kejaksaan Negeri Batu dan studi literatur sejenis. Memahami suatu proses bisnis digunakan peta proses standar ASME (American Society of Mechanical Engineers). Berdasarkan peta proses standar ASME dapat dihitung kinerja proses bisnis dengan menghitung efisiensi throughput. Langkah peningkatan dan penyempurnaan desain ulang proses dilakukan agar proses bisnis lebih efektif. Hasil akhir penelitian adalah sebuah rancangan ulang model bisnis proses rekomendasi yang meningkatkan efisiensi throughput dari 50,36% pada proses sebelumnya menjadi 85,77% dan menghasilkan sebuah aplikasi sebagai pendukung rancangan ulang model bisnis proses rekomendasi.   Abstract               Every agency that provides a service to the public wants a quality service. Improving a quality of service needs to understand the shortcomings. State Attorney Batu is an agency in East Java Province that service is still running manually. This creates problems in terms of service, speed and cost to the community. Based on this problem, it is necessary to change the business process at State of the Earth Stone with the application of BPR (Business Process Reengineering). Business Process Reengineering is a concept to re-alter a business process that has a weakness in the process. The goal is to improve a process performance to be more efficient. Research begins by collecting some references related to Business Process Reengineering. Data collection method was done by observation to case study, interview with State Prosecutor of Batu and study of similar literature. Understanding a business process is used ASME standard process maps (American Society of Mechanical Engineers). Based on ASME standard process maps can be calculated business process performance by calculating throughput efficiency. Steps to improve and refine the process redesign are done to make business processes more effective. The final results are a redesign of business models that improve the efficiency of the process on the throughput of 50.36% in the previous process becomes 85.77% and produce an application to support the redesign of the business model of the recommendation process.


2014 ◽  
Vol 11 (2) ◽  
pp. 461-480 ◽  
Author(s):  
Nuno Castela ◽  
Paulo Dias ◽  
Marielba Zacarias ◽  
José Tribolet

Business process models are often forgotten after their creation and its representation is not usually updated. This appears to be negative as processes evolve over time. This paper discusses the issue of business process models maintenance through the definition of a collaborative method that creates interaction contexts enabling business actors to discuss about business processes, sharing business knowledge. The collaboration method extends the discussion about existing process representations to all stakeholders promoting their update. This collaborative method contributes to improve business process models, allowing updates based in change proposals and discussions, using a groupware tool that was developed. Four case studies were developed in real organizational environment. We came to the conclusion that the defined method and the developed tool can help organizations to maintain a business process model updated based on the inputs and consequent discussions taken by the organizational actors who participate in the processes.


2019 ◽  
Vol 11 (02) ◽  
Author(s):  
Jaya Tripathi

In a world of rapid flexibility, organisations must change their priorities from a traditional focus on planning and control to emphasise speed, innovation, flexibility, quality, service and cost. The Human Resource team has to demonstrate their commitment to meet these key business drivers. A major problem confronting Human Resource managers today is to increase line management and employee productivity, provide higher more value-adding levels of Human Resource service and internal customer responsiveness and at the same time reduce costs. What is needed is a Human Resource team that is customer-focused and market-driven in its external relations with customer and process-focused and teamoriented in its internal operations. Only such a Human Resource team can look at the way work is performed across the organisation and seek to make Human Resource processes more logical, effective and efficient. Such an effort is at the heart of Human Resource Optimisation and Process Re-engineering. Business Process Reengineering (BPR) advocates the fundamental examination and redesign of business processes, recognizing that the legacy of scientific management has been the excessive fragmentation of work practices in organisations today. This is reflected in the hierarchical structuring of organisations around functional departments, with individual and departmental goals displacing overall organizational performances. Organisational performance is a result of the effectiveness and efficiency of the actions that an organisation. Effectiveness refers to the achieved outcomes in relation to strategic objectives/goals and customer requirements. Efficiency refers to how economically the organisation's resources are utilized by an activity such as a business process that produces a given output or that delivers a given service. These two fundamental performance dimensions highlight the external and internal reasons for pursuing a specific course of action; that is, effectiveness with a primary focus on customers, and efficiency with a primary focus on internal operations and processes. The research explains the reliance of business process reengineering (BPR) in the improvement of performance in Human resource in the organization. Here, the research try to validate the significance of successful business process reengineering (BPR) process can also construct the successful organization.


Author(s):  
Evellin Cardoso ◽  
João Paulo A. Almeida ◽  
Renata S. S. Guizzardi ◽  
Giancarlo Guizzardi

While traditional approaches in business process modeling tend to focus on “how” the business processes are performed (adopting a behavioral description in which business processes are described in terms of procedural aspects), in goal-oriented business process modeling, the proposals strive to extend traditional business process methodologies by providing a dimension of intentionality to business processes. One of the key difficulties in enabling one to model goal-oriented processes concerns the identification or elicitation of goals. This paper reports on a case study conducted in a Brazilian hospital, which obtained several goal models represented in i*/Tropos, each of which correspond to a business process also modeled in the scope of the study. NFR catalogues were helpful in goal elicitation, uncovering goals that did not come up during previous interviews prior to these catalogues’ use.


2010 ◽  
pp. 649-674
Author(s):  
Firas M. Alkhaldi ◽  
Mohammad Olaimat ◽  
Abdullah Abdali Rashed

This chapter discusses the importance of business process simulation, while illustrating the relationship between business process reengineering (BPR) and change management, it focuses the discussion on the role of simulation in supporting BPR and the effect of simulation on business environment related skills, business management related skills, leadership related skills, employees empowering level, process improvement, ethical issues, and stakeholders’ management skills. The chapter discusses the value of simulation in implementing reengineering strategies and argues the future challenges of business process simulation and describes the limitations of simulation technology in reengineering business processes. Finally, it concludes with a discussion of the characteristics of successful simulation and simulation applications.


Author(s):  
Pnina Soffer ◽  
Maya Kaner ◽  
Yair Wand

A common way to represent organizational domains is the use of business process models. A Workflow-net (WF-net) is an application of Petri Nets (with additional rules) that model business process behavior. However, the use of WF-nets to model business processes has some shortcomings. In particular, no rules exist beyond the general constraints of WF-nets to guide the mapping of an actual process into a net. Syntactically correct WF-nets may provide meaningful models of how organizations conduct their business processes. Moreover, the processes represented by these nets may not be feasible to execute or reach their business goals when executed. In this paper, the authors propose a set of rules for mapping the domain in which a process operates into a WF-net, which they derived by attaching ontological semantics to WF-nets. The rules guide the construction of WF-nets, which are meaningful in that their nodes and transitions are directly related to the modeled (business) domains. Furthermore, the proposed semantics imposes on the process models constraints that guide the development of valid process models, namely, models that assure that the process can accomplish its goal when executed.


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