Business Process Analytics - Laguna, Manuel; Marklund, Johan; - Prospero Internetes Könyváruház

Business Process Analytics

Modeling, Simulation and Design
 
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The fourth edition of this widely used textbook offers a new perspective. Previously titled Business Process Modeling, Simulation and Design, as the new title suggests, this book is about analytical business process modeling and design.

Hosszú leírás:

The fourth edition of this widely used textbook offers a new perspective. Previously titled Business Process Modeling, Simulation and Design, as the new title suggests, this book is about analytical business process modeling and design. However, this new edition introduces analytics to the title and to the presentation.


 


The main objective of this book is to provide students with a comprehensive understanding of the multitude of analytical tools that can be used to model, analyse, understand, and ultimately design business processes.


 


The most flexible and powerful of these tools, although not always the most appropriate, is discrete-event simulation. The wide range of approaches covered in this book include graphical flowcharting tools, deterministic models for cycle time analysis and capacity decisions, and analytical queuing methods, as well as data mining.


 


The authors focus on business processes as opposed to just manufacturing processes or general operations management problems and emphasise on simulation modeling using state-of-the-art commercial simulation software.


 


BUSINESS PROCESS ANALYTICS Modeling, Simulation, and Design can be thought of as a hybrid between traditional books on process management, operations management, and simulation. The growing interest in simulation-based tools suggests an understanding of simulation modeling, its potential as well as its limitations for analysing and designing processes, is of key importance to students looking for a future career in operations management.


Changes from previous edition.


 



  New Section on data-driven process improvement (with data visualization)



  Added a subsection of control charts to the 6-sigma section



  Replaced business process reengineering with business process management



  Updated all text, figures and examples, and exercises to  ExtendSim10 (current version)



  More coverage on design of experiments



  More coverage of machine learning and neural networks

Tartalomjegyzék:

1.    INTRODUCTION TO BUSINESS PROCESS DESIGN


 


        1.1      What is a Business Process?


                   1.1.1     Process Types and Hierarchies


                   1.1.2     Determinants of the Process Architecture


                   1.1.3     Workflow Management Systems


        1.2      The Essence of Business Process Design


                   1.2.1     Incremental Process Improvement and Process Design


                   1.2.2     An Illustrative Example


        1.3      Business Process Design, Overall Business Performance and Strategy


                   1.3.1     Business Process Design and Overall Business Performance


                   1.3.2     Business Process Design and Strategy


        1.4      Why do Inefficient and Ineffective Business Processes Exists


        1.5      Summary


        Discussion Questions and Exercises


        References


 


2.    DATA ANALYTICS AND PROCESS IMPROVEMENT


 


2.1        Process Management and a Process View


2.1.1         An Illustrative Example: Managing a Document Distribution Process


2.1.1.1     Assign Process Ownership


2.1.1.2     Analyze Boundaries and Interfaces


2.1.1.3     Define the Process


2.1.1.4     Establish Control Points


2.1.1.5     Develop and Implement Measures


2.1.1.6     Perform Feedback and Control


2.1.2         Summary and Final Remarks


2.2        Data-driven Process Improvement


2.2.1         Data Collection


2.2.2         Data Visualization


2.2.2.1     Charts and Diagrams


2.2.2.2     Heatmaps


2.3        Six Sigma Quality Programs


2.3.1         Six Sigma Definitions


2.3.2         The Six Sigma Cost and Revenue Rationale


2.3.2.1     The Cost or Efficiency Rationale


2.3.2.2     The Revenue or Effectiveness Rationale


2.3.3         Six Sigma in Product and Process Design


2.3.4         The Six Sigma Framework


2.3.4.1     Top Management Commitment


2.3.4.2     Stakeholder Involvement


2.3.4.3     Training


2.3.4.4     Measurement System


2.3.4.5     The Improvement Methodology


2.3.5         Control Charts


2.3.5.1     Average Waiting Time in a Call Center


2.3.5.2     Individual Waiting Time in a Call Center


2.3.6         Key Reasons for the Success of Six Sigma


2.4        Business Process Management


2.4.1         Types of BPM


2.4.2         BPM Lifecycle


2.4.3         BPM Potential Benefits


2.4.4         Typical Areas of Application


2.5        Evolutionary versus Revolutionary Change


2.6        Summary


Discussion Questions and Exercises


        References


 


3.    A FRAMEWORK FOR BUSINESS PROCESSES DESIGN PROJECTS


 


        3.1      Step 1: Case for Action and Vision Statements


        3.2      Step 2: Process Identification and Selection


        3.3      Step 3: Obtaining Management Commitment


        3.4      Step 4: Evaluation of Design Enablers


                   3.4.1     Example: The Internet Enabling Change at Chase Manhattan Bank


                   3.4.2     Example: New Technology as a Change Enabler in the Grocery Industry


        3.5      Step 5: Acquiring Process Understanding


                   3.5.1     Understanding the Existing Process


                   3.5.2     Understanding the Customer       


        3.6      Step 6: Creative Process Design


                   3.6.1     Benchmarking


                   3.6.2     Design Principles


                   3.6.3     The Devil?s Quadrangle


        3.7      Step 7: Process Modeling and Simulation


        3.8      Step 8: Implementation of the New Process Design


        3.9      Summary


        Discussion Questions and Exercises


        References


 


4.    BASIC TOOLS FOR PROCESS DESIGN


 


        4.1      Process Flow Analysis


                   4.1.1     General Process Charts


                   4.1.2     Process Flow Diagrams


                   4.1.3     Process Activity Charts


                   4.1.4     Flowcharts


                   4.1.5     Service System Maps


        4.2      Workflow Design Principles and Tools


                   4.2.1     Establish a Product Orientation in the Process


                   4.2.2     Eliminate Buffers


                   4.2.3     Establish One-at-a-Time Processing            


                   4.2.4     Balance the Flow to the Bottleneck


                   4.2.5     Minimize Sequential Processing and Handoffs


                   4.2.6     Establish an Efficient Processing of Work


                   4.2.7     Minimize Multiple Paths through Operations


        4.3      Additional Diagramming Tools


        4.4      From Theory to Practice: Designing an Order Picking Process


        4.5      Summary


        Discussion Questions and Exercises


        References


 


5.    MANAGING PROCESS FLOWS


 


        5.1      Business Processes and Flows


                   5.1.1     Throughput Rate


                   5.1.2     Work-in-process


                   5.1.3     Cycle Time


                   5.1.4     Little?s Law


        5.2      Cycle Time and Capacity Analysis


                   5.2.1     Cycle Time Analysis


                                5.2.1.1   Rework


                                5.2.1.2   Multiple Paths


                                5.2.1.3   Parallel Activities


                   5.2.2     Capacity Analysis


                                5.2.2.1   Rework


                                5.2.2.2   Multiple Paths


                                5.2.2.3   Parallel Activities


        5.3      Managing Cycle Time and Capacity


                   5.3.1     Cycle Time Reduction


                   5.3.2     Increasing Process Capacity


        5.4      Theory of Constraints


                   5.4.1     Drum-Buffer-Rope Systems


        5.5      Summary


        Discussion Questions and Exercises


        References


 


6.    INTRODUCTION TO QUEUING MODELING


 


        6.1      Queuing Systems, the Basic Queuing Process and Queuing Strategies


                   6.1.1     The Basic Queuing Process


                   6.1.2     Strategies for Mitigating the Effects of Long Queues


        6.2      Analytical Queuing Models


                   6.2.1     The Exponential Distribution and its Role in Queuing Theory


                   6.2.2     Terminology, Notation and Little?s Law Revisited


                   6.2.3     Birth and Death Processes


                   6.2.4     The M/M/1 Model


                   6.2.5     The M/M/c Model


                   6.2.6     The M/M/c/K Model


                   6.2.7     The M/M/c/?/N Model


                   6.2.8     Queuing Theory and Process Design


        6.3      Summary


        Appendix 6A: Mathematical Derivations and Models with Generally Distributed Service Times


        6A.1   Mathematical Derivations of Key Results


                   6A.1.1  The exponential distribution


                   6A.1.2  Birth-and-death processes


                   6A.1.3  The M/M/1 Model


        6A.2   Queuing Models with Generally Distributed Service Times


                   6A.2.1 The M/G/1 queuing model


                   6A.2.2 The M/G/? queuing model


        Discussion Questions and Exercises


        References


 


7.    INTRODUCTION TO SIMULATION


 


        7.1      Simulation Models


        7.2      Discrete Event Simulation


        7.3      Getting Started in Simulation Modeling


7.4      An Illustrative Example


        7.5      Spreadsheet Simulation of a Process


        7.6      Successful Simulation in Practice


7.7      When not to Simulate


        7.8      Summary


        Discussion Questions and Exercises


        References


       


 


8.    MODELING AND SIMULATING BUSINESS PROCESSES WITH ExtendSim


 


        8.1      Developing a Simulation Model ? Principles and Concepts


                   8.1.1     Model Verification


                   8.1.2     Model Validation


        8.2      ExtendSim Elements


        8.3      ExtendSim Tutorial: A Basic Queuing Model


        8.4      Basic Data Collection and Statistical Analysis


        8.5      Adding Randomness to Processing Times and the use of Attributes


        8.6      Adding a Second Underwriting Team


        8.7      Modeling Resources and Resource Pools


        8.8      Customizing the Animation


        8.9      Calculating Activity Based Costs


        8.10    Cycle Time Analysis


        8.11    Modeling Advanced Queuing Features


                   8.11.1    Blocking


                   8.11.2    Balking


                   8.11.3    Reneging


                   8.11.4    Priorities and Priority Queues


        8.12    Modeling Routing in Multiple Paths and Parallel Paths


                   8.12.1    Multiple Paths


                   8.12.2    Parallel Paths


        8.13    Model Documentation and Enhancements


        8.14    Summary


        Discussion Questions and Exercises


        References


 


9.    INPUT AND OUTPUT DATA ANALYSIS


 


        9.1      Dealing with Randomness


        9.2      Characterizing Probability Distributions of Field Data


                   9.2.1     Goodness-of-Fit Tests


                   9.2.2     Using Stat::Fit for Distribution Fitting


                   9.2.3     Choosing a Distribution in the Absence of Sample Data


        9.3      Random Number Generators


                   9.3.1     The Runs Test


        9.4      Generation of Random Variates


        9.5      Analysis of Simulation Output Data


                   9.5.1     Nonterminating Processes


                   9.5.2     Terminating Processes


                   9.5.3     Confidence Intervals


                   9.5.4     Sample Size Calculation


                   9.5.5     Comparing Output Variables for Different Process Designs


        9.6      Modeling and Analysis of Process Design Cases


                   9.6.1     Process Design of a Call Center for Software Support


                   9.6.2     Design of a Hospital Admissions Process


        9.7      Summary


        9.8      Training cases


                   9.8.1 CASE 1: IMPROVING THE X-RAY PROCESS AT COUNTY HOSPITAL


                   9.8.2 CASE 2: PROCESS MODELING AND ANALYSIS IN AN ASSEMBLY FACTORY


                   9.8.3 CASE 3: REDESIGN OF A CREDIT APPLICATIONS PROCESS


                   9.8.4 CASE 4: REDISIGNING THE ADOPTION PROCESS IN A HUMANE SOCIETY


                   9.8.5 CASE 5: PERFORMANCE ANALYSIS AND IMPROVEMENT OF AN INTERNET ORDERING PROCESS


        Appendix 9A: Hypothesis Testing, Confidence Intervals, and Statistical Tables


        9A.1   Goodness-of-Fit Tests


                   9A.1.1 The Chi-Square Test


                   9A.1.2 The Kolmogorov-Smirnov Test


        9A.2   Confidence Interval for a Population Proportion


        9A.3   Hypothesis Testing


        9A.4   Statistical Tables


        Exercises


        References


 


10.  PRESCRIPTIVE ANALYTICS FOR PROCESS PERFORMANCE OPTIMIZATION


 


        10.1    Identifying the Main Drivers of Process Performance


                   10.1.1  Factorial Design for Simulation Models


                   10.1.2  Illustrative Example of Design of Experiments


        10.2    Business Process Optimization


        10.3    The Role of Simulation Optimization in Business Process Management


        104     Simulation-Optimization with ExtendSim


                   10.4.1  Tutorial: Process Optimization with ExtendSim


                   10.4.2  Alternative Optimization Models


        10.5    Optimization of Process Simulation Models


                   10.5.1  Configuring a Hospital Emergency Room Process


                   10.5.2  Staffing Levels for a Personal Insurance Claims Process


        10.6    Summary


        Appendix 10A: Evolutionary Computation


        Exercises


        Simulation-Optimization Projects


                   Project 1: Emergency Room Staffing


                   Project 2: Call Center Configuration


                   Project 3: Loan Application Process


                   Project 4: Process with Multiple Job Types and Deadlines


        References


 


11.  BUSINESS PROCESS ANALYTICS


 


        11.1    Competing on Analytics


        11.2    Business Process Management Systems


                   11.2.1  Business Rules


                   11.2.2  Monitor and Control


                   11.2.3  Process Mining


        11.3    Machine Learning


                   11.3.1  Support Vector Machines


                   11.3.2  k-Nearest Neighbor Classifier


                   11.3.3  Neural Networks


                   11.3.4  Classification Problems in Business Processes


        Discussion Questions and Exercises


        References