(Business) Process (BP) - Procedure

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.

The process is typically supported by a source data-collection system called an OLTP application (online transaction processing)

• Automata - Finite Automata
• Process Modeling - Process based model (Entity based)

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.

Process - Business Process Model and Notation (BPMN)

UML Activity diagram

The event-driven Process Chain (EPC) is a flow chart for business process modeling.

• Supplier–Input–Process–Output–Customer (SIPOC)

See process visualization

• Process - Daisy Chain: one person must ask to another to be able to get something.

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.

Process - LifeCycle (Entity State) (Status)

Source: Jenkins Jira ticket

Business process simulation software is an effective way to evaluate the full implications of business decisions before they are put into practice.

• Process - Monte Carlo (method|experiment) (stochastic process simulations)

Business process can be save on disk with the following format:

• XML Process Definition Language (XPDL)
  • Library - JaWE - Java Workflow Editor
  • GUI - Together XPDL and BPMN Workflow Editor - also known as Enhydra JaWE based on JaWE
  • Joget Workflow use the Shark engine
• Bpmn files ?

• Business process
• Jobs Video about Process vs Content