Title: New Patents on Business Process Management Information Systems and Decision Support
VOLUME: 4 ISSUE: 2
Author(s):Ana Carolina S. M. Campos, Suzana F. D. Daher and Adiel T. Almeida
Affiliation:Cx. Postal 7462, Recife, PE, 50.630-970, Brazil.
Keywords:Business Process Management System (BPMS), decision support, Key Performance Indicators (KPIs), process design, Business Activity Monitoring (BAM), SYSTEM ARCHITECTURE, INTEROPERABILITY, CUSTOMIZATION, Business process design, Business process modeling
Abstract: Business Process Management Systems are increasingly used by organizations to define, coordinate, analyze and improve their business environment. Business Process Management Systems and Decision Support have a large commercial potential and it is a very interesting field for research and invention. In this paper, an overview of recent patents related to Business Process Management over the past seven years is given.
