SOA and BPM, who pave the way？

  REVIEW: What makes BPM and SOA linked together, and analysts are more concerned about, and even become the industry's news? »

  What makes BPM and SOA linked together, and analysts are more concerned about, and even become the industry's news? »

  SOA (service-oriented architecture) is an enterprise-class IT infrastructure, IT resources to it as a business and to provide coordinated services to meet business requirements. However, most business leaders do not care what SOA is a specific idea of what new technology can be implemented, but only concerned about whether or not to improve their BPM (business process management). SOA is now long past the concept stage all the users, what means are there to do SOA is the starting point of their concern.

  Then look at the BPM, it is a technical rather than a business studies is to ensure that SOA can provide commercial value, it is essential. Gartner recently published in the "2008 Top 10 strategic technologies", which ranked business process management. BPM has experienced in decades of development, now being quietly set off a process management craze.

  Where BPM benefits »

  Previously, other departmental officers to the financial sector claims, or is less invoice, or a reviewer is little or no vetting people, and sometimes no purchase orders and other related tools. Financial officers to review, they told financial officers quarrel, saying that financial officers out Baijia Zi, some of the other veterans to Daxiaobaogao. Over time, gradually Health disagreements between colleagues.

  Another example. Production samples of an enterprise management is not standardized, and sometimes, in order to promptly goods to customers, sales orders directly to the show has R & D personnel production. We all know that part of the research and development cost are not directly included in the cost of production to go. To the end of the year, a statistical research and development personnel costs,吓了一大跳, how will so many » Not only that, this also affected the cost of research and development staff assessment, they naturally do not want to have sales staff to be productive sectors of production orders, research and development department to get production. If this situation persists, the two departments on the buck-passing phenomenon of more and more serious.

  The third example: one in the wire and cable manufacturers imported from abroad a few pieces of fully automated production machines, can produce different colors, specifications of wires. Because the same machine Add to the PVC different color, production of wires of different colors it. In order to prevent the color, called for PVC production, the need for a thorough cleaning machines, at the same time, after Huanguo PVC produced by the wires, to carry out the first pieces of detection. Although the management has repeatedly stressed that this process, but it has been difficult to implement.

  BPM how to improve these contradictions »

  First of all norms related to the reimbursement system, which provides specific departments who reviewed the costs to be reimbursed, according to the number of claims costs from the department managers to set up finance director and general manager of examination and approval authority, such as multi-channel, and set up an agent system to Ensure that the relevant business leaders, the associated costs can also be timely claims; Furthermore, the documentation for the claims to conduct a detailed settings, such as to the reimbursement of travel documentation requirements such as minimum.

  These processes and systems throughout the Group of promotion, training, the financial sector on fewer bells and whistles loud sound, when the staff again with a incomplete documentation to reimbursement, financial officers take as long as the related claims processes and systems, natural staff Taking the, had to go back and fill the whole procedure.

  The second example is this solution: the flow of samples produced a detailed description of those processes take samples of orders also made a strict restrictions, sales, research and development departments in accordance with the provisions of this operation. Since then, sales, research and development, production departments of authority clear, to avoid a lot of unnecessary conflicts. This is also the most direct effect of BPM.

  For the manufacturers of wire and cable companies, managers are finally in the implementation of BMP, strong commitment to the implementation of the first pieces of cleaning and testing process. They deliberately made the process card, linked to post-molding machine and related operations on the work of licensing, at any time to remind them operate in strict accordance with the process. For not promptly in accordance with the operation of staff, will be given severe punishment. From then on, each time for PVC production personnel, will conduct the cleaning machines and the first seizure.

  Therefore, a standardized operating procedures, to a certain extent, reduce the flow irregularities caused by the loss, and this is precisely one of the purposes of the implementation of BPM. Of course, rely on a business process management software itself or does not work, also on supporting the management of these processes can be completely implemented.

  "The more people take the road has become"

  A smart university campus planning experts, he designed the road had not been hastily hands, but to wait for the students in various construction between themselves out of line with their feet, then according to their habits, in this new universities pouring cement sidewalks .

  The traditional IT infrastructure is largely along the same road in the evolution: It is now experienced operator in the laying of automation equipment, will try to thoroughly understand user needs (such equipment more than a comparable concrete难对付), and then The design and construction. Do not consider the old system and re-engineering processes and applications development around the traditional method can no longer meet the leaders of speed and the ongoing process of reform needs.

  Once more easily integrated technology development eventually caught up with the improvement of management of the business continue to promote, do not have to wait for people to take the sidewalk, BPM at this time played a role. Although many providers may be a different definition of BPM, but most agree that BPM to provide a definition of procedures, processes and the implementation of the ability of management processes.

  Not before the SOA, BPM products have appeared and successful application, BPM applications are the main points are as follows:

  Business process automation (BPA). BPA in accordance with business needs, automated processes, which is now technology is continuing to work to be done.

  Application System integration (EAI), to achieve a seamless exchange between heterogeneous systems. But the old method and the EAI technology is completely different.

  Business Process Modeling (BPM). In a detailed understanding of business processes, with the overall perspective, to organize a bunch of processes, business process and gives the overall plans.

  Business activity monitoring (BAM), business process to achieve continuous improvement. BAM needs of the business process in front of the overall plans, analysis of business process effectiveness and efficiency, optimize provide direction to achieve enterprise process management.

  In the above description of the BPM application of the four occasions, each and SOA are inextricably related.

  However, BPM and SOA different from the driving factors: BPM is business-driven plan, and the SOA is IT-driven plan. What are the reasons began to BPM and SOA linked together, and analysts were more concerned about, and even become the industry's news? »

  SOA BPM as an important basis for the entire enterprise-wide BPM management, so that services can flow quickly portfolio to a greater end-to-end scheduling process. This is because enterprises need to be based on "services" to be flexible to change the design process, these processes were not "written death" to the application of the code structure, will not result in the future can not be changed.

  SOA allows users to easily connect to business processes will be based system, thereby  saving time and IT resources. But the process will link to the traditional application usually have to rely on a number of different proprietary technologies and the adoption of BPM to SOA, SOA components can promote the further use and thus maximize the business processes to reduce the complexity of their own.

  CEO of IT enterprises and departments to jointly promote the application of an idea SOA, the SOA is based on the use of BPM applications. To adapt to SOA BPM, BPM to become the "killer application."

  IT commentator Joe McKendrick explained his views on the relationship between the tw "There is no SOA, BPM and the same will be realized, however, the SOA will be more standards and systems integration on the basis of possible through the SOA and in the overall Within the scope of BPM will be the greatest degree of simplification. I heard on the most image of an analogy is, from the assistance of the SOA as a BPM will be a hands tied in the back of efforts to achieve the desired Goal. "