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Process Simulation and Analysis
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AccuProcess Modeler provides business process simulation capability to help users better understand and analyze their processes. As with the rest of this product, this capability is also intuitive and easy-to-use. Process Simulation Video (6 mins)

 

A running simulation is shown visually on the business process flow and it displays important information related to number of jobs completed, resource utilization, and size of task queue for an activity. This process modeling tool also provides simulation results at the process level related to both timing and cost elements including average, maximum and minimum results for both time and cost. A Simulation Results report is available that provides further details at the task and user level.

 

This helps business users quickly understand the bottlenecks in the process and thus identify areas of improvement. This also allows business managers to validate the impact of their decisions on the process performance before implementation.

 

Why Process Simulation?

Process Simulation, business process simulation, process simulation software,process simulation tools When a business process model is designed, it may be fully capable of delivering the desired output but it may not do that at a performance level that delivers the output for the expected cost or within the desired timeframe. In other words, a business process model that has been designed may be functional but may not be optimal.

 

This issue can be overcome by running a business process simulation, whose goal is to help in the analysis and understanding of the business process model. With this understanding, one can change the model and apply other enhancements to improve its results. The strategic objectives of process simulation are optimization to enhance performance and cost reduction of business process.

 

Simulation helps in developing better business process flow by providing a platform which facilitates an in-depth analysis of factors which govern the implementation of an efficient business process. It allows business analysts and managers to experience and explore a simulated business problem in a practical and pragmatic manner.

 

Efficiency of a business process is dependent on the efficient handling of the following basic factors:

 

  • Time
  • Cost

 

Getting the work done and achieving the desired output in lesser amount of time for lesser cost are certainly welcome goals of a business process manager.

 

Approach to Process Analysis in AccuProcess

In the AccuProcess Modeler, the following are the key steps for engaging in process analysis.

 

Process Design

 

In this first step the business process is designed or documented.

 

  • Business users and process participants are interviewed to collect the information about what are all the steps in the process.
  • Process flow is designed in the modeling tool.
  • Details about each of the process activities are also identified and documented in the modeling tool, such as: Names of all process participants, what are the inputs to that activity, outputs of the activity, what applications and systems are accessed, any business rules that are applied, what are the possible errors, how are the errors handled, how long does it take to execute that step etc.
  • Decision nodes in the process model are identified and routing rules are documented.
  • All this information is entered into the process modeling tool to create a view of “as-is” process

 

Simulate

 

In this step the process model is simulated to understand:

 

  • Overall expected business process performance based on the designed and documented process model
  • Quantify average cost of executing an instance of that business process. Also to see what is the maximum possible cost and the minimum possible cost of executing an instance of the process.
  • Quantify average time duration of executing an instance of that business process. Also to see what is the maximum possible time and the minimum possible time of executing an instance of the process.
  • Process bottlenecks regarding where the process slows down and the work flow is accumulated (queued up)
  • Impact on cost and time due to spike in process flow instances
  • Effect on performance of making changes in the resources, rules and process model

 

Improve

 

This is the iterative process of making changes to the process model and rules and resources and then observing the quantifiable changes in the performance of the business process. This allows the business analysts and managers to come up with a better performing business process model and to also quantify possible time and cost savings. This is very useful because this effort

 

  • Allows impact analysis before making any actual process changes.
  • Can result in process improvement leading to competitive advantage.

 

Process Analysis and Optimization

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Process improvement is a key goal of business process modeling. AccuProcess Modeler provides this important capability thru its process simulation feature.

 

This analysis of the current AS-IS process and the proposed TO-BE process is critical for process improvement. Users can create various scenarios based on different resource allocations, timing parameters and quality of business rules.

 

Process simulations can then be easily setup and run again and again for these different scenarios. Analysis of the results provide important feedback about what changes would improve the process and by how much.

 

AccuProcess Modeler datasheet is available here (2 pages).

 

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