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Business process improvement using Object‐Process Methodology
Author(s) -
Casebolt Jason M.,
Jbara Ahmad,
Dori Dov
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
systems engineering
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.474
H-Index - 50
eISSN - 1520-6858
pISSN - 1098-1241
DOI - 10.1002/sys.21499
Subject(s) - business process model and notation , business process modeling , business process , process modeling , process (computing) , computer science , artifact centric business process model , business process discovery , business process management , process management , object (grammar) , process mining , notation , aviation , business rule , systems engineering , software engineering , work in process , engineering , artificial intelligence , operations management , programming language , arithmetic , mathematics , aerospace engineering
For decades, business process improvement (BPI) has been a persistent and expensive concern that spans across many industry sectors. We present OPM‐BPI—a model‐based method to improve business processes using ISO 19450—Object‐Process Methodology (OPM). The approach compares favorably to state‐of‐the‐art business process languages and approaches, such as Business Process Modeling Notation (BPMN). An aviation manufacturing company case study of safely removing a part from an aircraft and reinstalling it demonstrates the method. We show how using OPM‐BPI enables removing a large portion of the supporting objects, and how related processes can be eliminated or merged, achieving considerable model simplification that represents a significantly improved, more effective and less wasteful business process.