
By understanding how work is currently being performed, organizations can develop strategies to eliminate bottlenecks, reduce waste, and enhance overall business processes. The purpose of an As-Is business process is to provide a baseline for identifying areas for improvement, optimizing the use of resources, and ultimately increasing efficiency and productivity. It outlines how work is currently performed and how information flows through the organization.

A function is a time consuming occurrence, which is triggered through a starting event and is completed by an ending event. Functions include or describe a business management chain of activity (e.g. The total of all possible events in an organization and its environment is defined as the organization's event scope. Examples of events include an incoming order and sending out of invoice. We can describe the business processes within an organization in terms of events and function. As a core element of ARIS, ePK diagrams will be treated when we cover tools for process modeling.Įxhibit 18: Example elements of an ePK diagram

A sample ePK diagram is shown in Exhibit 18. An important disadvantage is in the limited ability for automatic analysis. A major advantage of ePK-diagrams is that they are easy to read and are intuitively understood.
