Bussiness Process in Information System

Business process.. what is that? Nowadays, this subject has grown to be popular.And , this knowledge is needed by many manufactures or companys..why?Especially, what is the chain with information system and IT?Can the business process help to maintain the information system?Even on the other side..Because, in this global era we need information system to corporate even almost in our life.So, let’s see that here…

Firstly, process is sequence of interdependent and linked procedures which, at every stage, consume one or more resources (employee time, energy, machines, money) to convert inputs (data, material, parts, etc.) into outputs. These outputs then serve as inputs for the next stage until a known goal or end result is reached.

A business process or business method is a collection of related, structured activities or tasks that produce a specific service or product (serve a particular goal) for a particular customer or customers. It often can be visualized with a flowchart as a sequence of activities with interleaving decision points or with a Process Matrix as a sequence of activities with relevance rules based on the data in the process. A business process begins with a mission objective and ends with achievement of the business objective. This process-is a best way to avoid functional silos. are commonly found in business organizations and acros s organizations. There are many types of business processes. Fundamentally, business processes are either private or public business processes. Private business processes are those internal to the enterprise and can be at the strategic, management or operational level. Public business processes involve external organisations, e.g. delivery of goods, ordering of materials, etc.

From the patent's inventors; Armstrong, Edward W. , and Eck, Brian T. , business process is associated criteria, and applicable tools are used to optimally condition demand based on current supply positions. Many factors can contribute to demand and supply imbalances, such as an increase in unforecasted demands, higher than expected supply capability, shifts in technology, customer wants and needs, or poorly selected price points. Advertising campaigns and improved sales forecasting are used in an effort to rectify such imbalances. However, advertising has been known to be ineffective or even backfire. Forecast accuracy is a perennial problem. It is also common for companies to rebalance demand and supply through pricing actions alone. From a macroeconomics perspective this may seem prudent. However, pricing actions fail to address the many factors that address the imbalance in demand and supply. The outcomes of unresolved demand and supply imbalances include lost revenue, high inventory, and decreased customer satisfaction.

Lately, Business Process Modeling is becoming a higher priority for business managers and analysts as there is an increasing emphasis in organizations to document, understand and improve their business processes.This  is a combination of various process related steps such as Process Mapping, Process Discovery, Process Simulation, Process Analysis and Process Improvement.

Business process modeling provides important benefits which are improved the growth of the business and communication too.The benefits such are : Align Operations with Business Strategy that facillitates by understanding the existing processes and changing them for improved performance and change and communicate processes quickly to take advantage of new business opportunities.Then, it will Improve Process Communication by helps business managers communicate their ideas quickly and clearly, and become more ideal for training of new people and rapid knowledge transfer.Also,it  Improve Operational Efficiencies.Because, allows analysis and understanding of the process flows and helps managers know if there is room for further optimization and efficiencies.This knowledge make a better resource utilization too.

According to journal International Bussiness Machines Corporation; Patent Issued for Resolving Demand and Supply Imbalances, it can be concluded that modernization is not easy.It makes customers ask an outside consulting firm to perform an assessment of one or more of their core business applications. Typically performed in the context of an application portfolio assessment, with the goal of rationalizing the application portfolio, companies do legacy application assessment for a number of reasons, including but not limited to:

·                      Growth into new geographies.

·                      Expanding business network to new business partners.

·                      Dissatisfied customers.

·                      Lack of operational productivity.      

However, The process improvement team is on the business side and looks at operational effectiveness for core business processes, typically without a focus on IT implementation. The IT departments typically have a Service-Oriented Architecture (SOA) strategy aimed at identifying, implementing, and maintaining reusable enterprise services. It is unfortunately quite common that the two groups do not collaborate and interact enough. This results in business policies that cannot be enforced and expensive IT functions that don't get leveraged. BPM can alleviate these challenges. BPM facilitates the collaboration between business and IT, allows for the implementation and enforcement of business policies as executable business processes or business rules, and for the development of high-value enterprise services in support of these business processes. It is essential to understand that BPM is not a replacement for the existing business logic in the application, but rather provides a way to augment and extend the application reach.

And, the business process in information system make a faster solution to satisfied customers with the high-service and a better way to provide a good component  which can used by them. The sub-process can reduces the excess component inventory liability by: determining alternative end products that use components identified in the excess component inventory liability; and executing for enticing sales of alternative end products.It will make faster and greater solution.That’s why many manufacturers  apply this method.

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·         Henderson, Mark.” International Bussiness Machines Corporation; Patent Issued for Resolving Demand and Supply Imbalances.” http://e-resources.pnri.go.id:2056/docview/1024411363?accountid=25704 ( diakses tanggal 17 September 2012).

·         Rouse , Margaret.” Definition Business Process”. http://searchcio.techtarget.com/definition/business-process( diakses tanggal 17 September 2012).