A Case study in Application Integration Stijn Van den Enden Business Integration Company PB 494 2000 Antwerpen 1‚ Belgium stijn@bico.be Erik Van Hoeymissen Gregory Neven* Pierre Verbaeten DistriNet Research Group Dept. Computer Science‚ KU Leuven Celestijnenlaan 200A 3001 Leuven‚ Belgium {erikv‚ gregory‚ pv}@cs.kuleuven.ac.be Abstract In this position paper‚ we present an architecture that we used in a case study on Enterprise Application Integration (EAI). The architecture encapsulates
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QUESTION 1: (30 MARKS) (a) A company wishes to undergo a Business Process Re-engineering (BPR) activity with respect to its core business processes. Discuss the extent to which MIS could be employed within the business processes that result from a BPR activity. (10 marks) (b) List and briefly explain the main categories of E-commerce. (8 marks) (c) Briefly explain the major steps for effective decision making. (12 marks) QUESTION 2: (30 MARKS) (a)
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Business Context/Key Business Drivers Providian Trust delivers financial and fiduciary services to clients across 216 branches. In an industry built on servicing clients‚ many of Providian Trust’s trust officers had 20-30 years of experience with the company and managed clients at a personal level. The trust officers had total control over what was sent to the client‚ including generation of financial statements. Control of the financial statements often resulted in a 2-3 month lag in statement
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Risk Breakdown Structure ID RBS Element Definition 1.0 1.1 1.1.1 1.1.2 Internal Business Partner Business Sponsorship Business Department Staffing Business Processes Corporate department with the business problem to be solved or business function to be supported. Business case‚ support from business department‚ executive involvement‚ degree of active involvement by business sponsor. Business analysts reporting within business department‚ how dedicated or fragmented business department reps
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Ritesh Sukhani GB 598 Quantitative Journal Article Critique Gebauer‚ J. and Schober‚ F. (2006) Information system flexibility and the cost efficiency of business processes. Journal of the Association for Information Systems..7‚ No.3 pp. 122-147
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Tools to support BPR When a BPR project is undertaken across the organization‚ it can require managing a massive amount of information about the processes‚ data and systems. If you don’t have an excellent tool to support BPR‚ the management of this information can become an impossible task. The use of a good BPR/documentation software is vital in any BPR project. The types of attributes you should look for in BPR software are: Graphical interface for fast documentation "Object oriented" technology
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A Greek Philosopher “Heraclitus” once said‚ ‘Change is the only Constant’. As mentioned by Prosci‚ change Management is “the application of a structured process and set of tools for leading the people side of change to achieve a desired outcome”. (www.prosci.com/change-management/definition/) The Change management practice plays an effective role especially in ERP role out strategies implemented by many companies. The report mainly discuss on the Process of Microsoft Dynamics NAV ERP‚ manufacturing
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1. How would you define “business process management” based on this video and text reading? How would you compare it to business process re-engineering‚ continuous improvement‚ and total quality management approaches? Business process management is an approach to business in which aims to continuously improve and manage business processes. Business process management focuses on process improvement‚ process efficiency and effectiveness‚ and management control over processes. 2. What are the major
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1. What situation Isom or P&C is facing? Isom joined the board of CIGNA in March‚ 1993 as the president of the property and casualty division. Situation at that moment can be described as • CIGNA P&C had total 6500 employees operating through the United States‚ $4 billion of revenues and very poor results for past five years. • Division was plagued with serious weakness in management and poor supplier relationships. • It was experiencing severe financial stress‚ loosing almost $1billion between
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person. Caster has two plans‚ which may fit the client’s demands. This paper converses the selection method including risk factors as compared to premiums that the company is willing to pay. In addition‚ the paper also considers the selection method of Cigna as a comparison to data available for Castor Collins. Economic Issues Simulation Paper Castor Collins Health Plans is a regional HMO founded in 1999 in the state of Pantome (University of Phoenix‚ 2011). Using a capitation model to pay its network
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