(Business) Process (BP) - Procedure
Table of Contents
1 - About
A business process is a natural process (ie versus machine process) where activities are performed in a organisation.
Example business process :
- raw materials purchasing
- orders
- shipments
- invoicing
- inventory
- general ledger
- …
Management processes should be organized more like operational processes, such as order-to-cash and procure-to-pay. Tried, tested, efficient and reliable.
A business process or business method is a collection of related, structured activities or tasks (that produce events) in order to deliver a specific service or product (serve a particular goal) for a particular customer or customers.
2 - Articles Related
3 - Application
The process is typically supported by a source data-collection system called an OLTP application (online transaction processing)
4 - Modeling
5 - Visualization
A business process is visualized with a flowchart as a sequence of activities.
Below, you can find different type of flow chart that specialize in business process.
5.1 - BPMN
5.2 - UML Activity diagram
5.3 - The event-driven Process Chain (EPC)
The event-driven Process Chain (EPC) is a flow chart for business process modeling.
5.4 - SIPOC
5.5 - Others
6 - Serial vs Parallel
- Process - Daisy Chain: one person must ask to another to be able to get something.
7 - Performance Management
A business process must supports all three aspects of performance management:
- Shaping strategy through financial and operational planning
- Taking action to execute the strategy across the business operations
- Measuring the results to enable fact-based decisions
With this closed-loop process, business process continue to improve over time and realize business outcomes.
8 - Status
9 - Simulation
Business process simulation software is an effective way to evaluate the full implications of business decisions before they are put into practice.
10 - Serialization
Business process can be save on disk with the following format:
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- Joget Workflow use the Shark engine