Roadmap to the E-Factory

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Roadmap to the e-Factory

relationships and experience transactions with each other. Characterizing the

information attached to objects and defining the relationships and transactions

between them are key aspects of how object technology can be used to

enhance business process modeling. The technique that has evolved as the

best way to create the initial definition of objects and relationships is the

scenario.

The typical business process map tends to be a composite of a variety of

paths through the map that depend on initial conditions and the decisions

that could be made at key decision points within the process. During the

course of building a business process map, especially when using a routing-

by-walking-around method, the alternative paths ...