Business Process Automation Literature Review Solution Summary.pdf

IDS Scheer AG Sebastian Stein, Katja Barchewitz, and Marwane El Kharbili WEWST‘07: Enabling Business Experts to Discover Web Services for Business Process Automation ? IDS Scheer AG 2 IDS Scheer Business Process Automation Literature Review Content Solution Summary ? IDS Scheer AG 3 What does IDS Scheer do? Software and consulting for business process management
Analysis and improvement of business processes, implementation of business applications, and development of composite solutions
Full service provider for process and IT solutions
With the “ARIS Platform for Process Excellence”, IDS Scheer is the worldwide market leader for business process analysis and optimisation (Gartner Group) ? IDS Scheer AG 4
Founded 1984 by Prof. Dr. Dr. h.c. mult. August-Wilhelm Scheer
Executive Board: Thomas Volk (CEO and President) Dr. Wolfram Jost Dr. Dirk Oevermann
Listed in German TecDAX, IPO 1999 0 50 100 150 200 250 300 350 400 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 Revenue [Mio. EUR] Employees 0 250 500 750 1000 1250 1500 1750 2000 2250 2500 2750 3000 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 Revenue 2006 353 million EUR (preliminary) Employees 2006 2823 (preliminary) IDS Scheer AG Overview ? IDS Scheer AG 5 IDS Scheer Business Process Automation Literature Review Content Solution Summary ? IDS Scheer AG 6 Business Process Automation
business processes are a core asset of every company
business processes are managed by business experts
no mathematical or computer science background
strong background in business administration and enterprise planning
business process is independent of IT
business oriented notations like EPC or BPMN are used ? IDS Scheer AG 7 CarRental Service No Company Car Available Rent a Car Car Rented Web Interface Travel Management Travel Plan Car Rental Contract Business Process Automation
business processes must be supported by IT
support business functions
service-orientation as leading paradigm