Integration capabilities of business process models and ERP-systems

Abstract

Design and development of modern information systems, such as Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) systems, requires using the principles of the process approach to analysis of business processes and various tools for automating business-process modeling. The “End-To-End” design of business processes, consisting in the continuous or discrete interaction between business process models and elaborated ERP-system, is particularly relevant. Such integration of business process models and ERP-system becomes important during the design process of the information system for high-tech industries characterized by high dynamics of internal logistics processes. The paper discusses business process modeling using the methodology and software tools ARIS by IDS Scheer Company. Based on the analysis and research results of integrating business process models, performed by ARIS Value Engineering methodology, and the well-known Russian ERP system 1C: Enterprise 8.1, an approach and software tool were proposed to enable the ARIS model for importing into the specified ERP system. The proposed method allows maintaining and updating business processes without changing the configuration of the ERP system. The developed software tool is universal for integration purposes with typical software products of 1C. ERP-system settings with embedded software tool remaining typical without reference to the configuration and it is still possible to maintain and update the ERP system in a standardized operation mode.