This paper brings out the design patterns according to the various services involved in internet banking. The Pattern oriented Software Architecture uses the pattern which eliminates the difficulty of reusability in a particular context. The patterns are to be designed using BPM (Business Process Model) for effective cross cutting on process level. For implementing the above said BPM, the Inter...

Business process management (BPM) is a key issue for organisations, particularly in a global business environment. Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) systems provide a viable means for managing business processes. In this paper we synthesise a framework for BPM strategy and governance and then report two case studies that explore the influence of national culture on BPM strategy and governance ...

This paper presents a case study of the use of business-process simulation within the context of a business-process-reengineering approach to change. The process-based change methodology provides context to the simulation technique in that it connects the aims of a business-process simulation (BPS) study to the strategic aims of the organisation and incorporates a consideration of human factors...

Higher education institutions require a proper standard and model that can be implemented to enhance alignment between business strategy and existing information technologies. Developing the required model is a complex task. A combination of the EA, MDA and SOA concepts can be one of the solutions to overcome the complexity of building a specific information technology architecture for higher e...

The significance of aligning IT with corporate strategy is widely recognized, but the lack of appropriate methodologies prevented practitioners from integrating IT projects with competitive strategies effectively. This article addresses the issue of deploying Web services strategically using the concept of a widely accepted management tool, the balanced scorecard. A framework is developed to ma...

The high failure rates of many business process change deployments are attributed to the inability to predict the outcome of the exercise without actually implementing the change in the physical environment. This restriction could be a result of over 80% of business process change projects adopting a static modelling technique in order to model their business processes. Static modelling enables...

Design thinking is described as a combination of thinking and acting that leads to new solution possibilities for design problems. Though traditionally linked to the design of objects and services, it can be applied to organizational processes as well. This paper examines design thinking in developing a new business, focusing on the business concept and strategy formation in the start-up phase ...

Production scheduling problems and traditional differential evolution(DE) are analyzed in this paper. Taking the minimum of total completion time as the objective function of production scheduling, a production scheduling model is established for batch processes in process industry.Considering that the performance of the traditional DE algorithm is sensitive to the parameter settings,an adaptiv...

Ensuring successful knowledge transfer when embarking on IS sourcing strategy change is critical to ensure service quality and continuity, and organizational IS capability development. Managing the process, however, is complex and challenging. It involves the sharing and learning of technical IS and business knowledge. It also involves knowledge flows across organizational/national boundaries w...

A manufacturing strategy is a critical component of the firm's corporate and business strategies, comprising a set of well-coordinated objectives and action programs aimed at securing a long-term, sustainable advantage over the firm's competitors. A manufacturing strategy should be consistent with the firm's corporate and business strategies, as well as with the other managerial functional stra...