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Perspective: It is Time for IT to Talk Business
By NS Nagaraj, Srinivas Thonse and Khushnood Naqvi
The Business Process Management (BPM) paradigm augments the "process-centric enterprise" concept by enabling a business to model, execute, and control its business processes.
Tutorial: Semantic Interoperability for Collaborative Business Processes
By Srinivas Padmanabhuni
The objective of standardization efforts is to forge an understanding between enterprises. Semantic interoperability is imperative to ensure management of inter-enterprise business processes.
Research: Can Universal Languages Reduce Interoperability Issues?
By Krishnendu Kunti and Senthil Kumar
Standards are at the core of the BPM promise. Standardization aims to reduce interoperability issues across applications. The authors explain some of the key features of BPM and compare the different BPM languages.
Case Study: Applying BPM in Banking
By Srinivas Thonse, Khushnood Naqvi and Seshu Kumar Adiraju
Configuration of business processes and facilitation of process-based integration is critical to enhance competitive differentiation in banking. This case study describes the key learnings from applying of BPM to a core banking product.
Third Angle: "The demand for BPM systems will expand exponentially during the next two years."
In a SETLabs Briefings exclusive feature, analysts from Forrester Research look at how BPM can transform an organization. Connie Moore and Ken Vollmer provide direction to this and other issues.
Business: Can Service-Oriented Architectures Increase Flexibility of IT Systems?
By Neeraj Kulkarni
As the relationship between BPM and SOA is set to evolve over the medium term, the author examines whether transition to a Service-Oriented Architecture (SOA) helps to address the cost and complexity issues.
Implementation: Using Business Process Modeling to Improve the Operational Efficiencies of a Leading Grocery Retailer
By Sandeep Dham, Abhijit Upadhye and Subhankar Bhattacharya
Infosys practitioners used InFlux™, a standards based business process-modeling tool to streamline processes for a leading grocery retail chain.
Viewpoint: Regulatory Compliance and Business Process Transformation
By Pradeep Sanyal and Ravikant Karra
A viewpoint on how the usage of the BPM technology helps build sound governance policies and procedures.
Practitioner's Perspective: Reengineering a Hotel's Purchasing process
By Sandeep Dham, Abhijit Upadhye and Subhankar Bhattacharya
Reengineering the hotel purchasing function has been positioned as an effective solution to unlock unrealized bottom line benefits. The authors analyze and dissect some of the key issues concerning the buyers' side supply chain in the hotel industry.
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