Abstract
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.
Original language | English (US) |
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Pages (from-to) | 36-48 |
Number of pages | 13 |
Journal | Systems Engineering |
Volume | 23 |
Issue number | 1 |
DOIs | |
State | Published - Jan 1 2020 |
Keywords
- Object-Process Methodology
- business process improvement
- business process modeling notation (BPMN)
- manufacturing processes
- model-based systems engineering
- process architecture
- process improvement
- process-as-a-product
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Hardware and Architecture
- Computer Networks and Communications