Context-Based Business Process Management System
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Solution Overview
Problem
Current business process management systems struggle to effectively accommodate variations across different contexts, such as country, product brand, or organization, while maintaining centralized deployment and execution.
Innovation Solution
A context-based business process management system that automatically adapts business processes by receiving client login information, loading contextual parameters, and determining the appropriate business process for execution, allowing for customization based on specific contextual parameters like country, time zone, currency, and role.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Productivity
If business processes are centralized for deployment and execution, then deployment efficiency and management control are improved, but the ability to accommodate contextual variations across different countries, brands, and organizations deteriorates
Solution Approach 1:
The patent segments the business process into a standardized core framework and contextual parameters. The core process remains centralized while contextual variations (country, brand, organization-specific) are separated as adjustable parameters, allowing both centralized deployment and localized adaptation.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent creates a universal business process framework that can serve multiple contexts simultaneously. By designing the process with configurable contextual parameters, a single centralized process definition can adapt to function across different countries, brands, and organizations without requiring separate deployments.
2Adaptability or versatility
If business processes are customized for each local organization, then contextual adaptability is improved, but system complexity and maintenance burden increase
Solution Approach 1:
The patent separates customization into two layers: a standardized core process framework and contextual parameter configurations. This segmentation allows organizations to customize only the necessary contextual parameters without modifying the core process logic, thereby reducing overall system complexity.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent applies local quality by allowing contextual parameters to be customized at the specific organizational level while maintaining a uniform core process. Each organization can have its own contextual settings (country-specific regulations, brand-specific workflows) without affecting other organizations, simplifying the overall system architecture.
3Measurement precision
If multiple variations of business processes are maintained for different contexts, then contextual precision is improved, but process management complexity and execution time increase
Solution Approach 1:
The patent performs preliminary action by pre-configuring contextual parameters and determining the appropriate business process variation before execution begins. The system loads contextual information and determines the correct process version in advance, eliminating the need for real-time adjustments during process execution.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent maintains a universal process framework that can handle multiple contextual variations through parameter configuration rather than maintaining separate process definitions. This allows the system to achieve contextual precision while executing a single unified process, reducing execution time compared to switching between multiple specialized processes.
Data Source
AI summary
A method, and corresponding hardware and software implementations, including receiving a client login from a client user; loading contextual information including at least one contextual parameter; determining a business process according to the contextual information; and executing the business process.