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Business Process Analytics: Modeling, Simulation and Design: Textbooks in Mathematics

Autor Manuel Laguna, Johan Marklund
en Limba Engleză Hardback – 10 ian 2025
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
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Specificații

ISBN-13: 9781032595429
ISBN-10: 1032595426
Pagini: 544
Ilustrații: 446
Dimensiuni: 156 x 234 mm
Ediția:4
Editura: CRC Press
Colecția Chapman and Hall/CRC
Seria Textbooks in Mathematics

Locul publicării:Boca Raton, United States

Public țintă

Postgraduate, Professional Practice & Development, and Undergraduate Advanced

Cuprins

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

Notă biografică

Manuel Laguna is a Media One Professor of Management Science at the Leeds School of Business in the University of Colorado. He received his doctoral degree in Operations Research and Industrial Engineering from the University of Texas at Austin. He has more than one hundred publications in data analytics methods and applications, and is the editor-in-chief of the Journal of Heuristics.
Johan Marklund is a Professor of Production Management at Lund University, Faculty of Engineering in Sweden. He holds a PhD in Production Management and BSc in Business Administration from Lund University, and a MSc in Industrial Engineering and Management from Linköping University. He has published in numerous scientific journals and his research interests include inventory theory, supply chain management and logistics.

Descriere

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.