Personnel Assignment Processing Segmentation

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Solution Overview

Problem

Current business process management systems in organizations struggle to accommodate complex relationships between organizations and individuals with multiple concurrent personnel assignments, as they often fail to differentiate between various assignments when conducting business processes such as payments or terminations.

Innovation Solution

A method and software system that allows for the differentiation of business processes based on specific personnel assignments, using a computing environment with separate sets of computer program instructions to manage and process data related to individuals and their assignments, enabling selective processing of specific or subsets of personnel assignments.

Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles

VSEngineering Contradiction Analysis

1Adaptability or versatility

If a single business process is applied to all personnel assignments, then the process is simple and efficient, but it cannot accommodate complex relationships and multiple concurrent assignments

Engineering Contradiction:
Improveability to accommodate complex relationshipsVSAvoidbusiness process management system complexity
Core Design Contradiction:
Adaptability or versatilityVSDevice complexity

Solution Approach 1:

The patent divides the business process into separate process instances, each associated with a specific personnel assignment. This segmentation allows the system to handle multiple concurrent assignments with different complex relationships independently, while maintaining overall system manageability through modular process instances.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #1Segmentation

Solution Approach 2:

The system dynamically selects and executes different business process instances based on the specific personnel assignment being processed. This dynamic adaptation enables the system to accommodate complex relationships for different assignments without requiring a completely complex static system architecture.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #15Dynamics

2Measurement precision

If all personnel assignment data is processed together, then processing is efficient, but differentiation between specific assignments cannot be achieved

Engineering Contradiction:
Improvedifferentiation between personnel assignmentsVSAvoidbusiness process processing efficiency
Core Design Contradiction:
Measurement precisionVSProductivity

Solution Approach 1:

The patent segments personnel assignment data into distinct process instances, each containing data specific to one assignment. This segmentation enables precise differentiation between assignments while maintaining processing efficiency through parallel execution of independent process instances.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #1Segmentation

Solution Approach 2:

Each business process instance is tailored to the specific local requirements of its associated personnel assignment, allowing for customized processing logic and data handling while maintaining consistent overall system architecture and processing efficiency.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #3Local quality

3Adaptability or versatility

If business processes are customized for each personnel assignment, then relationship complexity is accommodated, but system complexity increases

Engineering Contradiction:
Improvecustomization capabilityVSAvoidsoftware system structure
Core Design Contradiction:
Adaptability or versatilityVSDevice complexity

Solution Approach 1:

The patent implements customization through segmented process instances, where each instance can be tailored to specific assignment requirements. This segmentation isolates complexity within individual processes while maintaining a relatively simple overall system structure through standardization of the process management framework.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #1Segmentation

Solution Approach 2:

The system provides a universal framework for managing business processes that can accommodate various customization requirements. This multi-functional framework handles different assignment types and relationship complexities through a common platform, reducing overall system complexity compared to separate customized systems.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #6Universality (Multi-functionality)

Data Source

PatentUS8788305B2Method for processing concurrent personnel assignments
Publication Date: 2014.07.22 SAP SE
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AI summary

A method includes receiving a person identifier by a first set of computer program instructions; determining if there are a plurality of personnel assignments associated with the person identifier; and if there are a plurality of personnel assignments associated with the person identifier: selecting a specific personnel assignment from among the plurality of personnel assignments, and processing data by a second set of computer program instructions, the data being related to at least both the person identifier and the selected personnel assignment.