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2.13
Simulating BPR with Extend + BPR
TM
Software
This
thesis
is
using
dynamic
modeling
and
simulation
tools
from
Extend
+
BPR
TM
Software
from
Imagine
that
corporation
to
model
and
simulate
reengineering processes. Extend has a comprehensive set of iconic modeling
blocks
that
can
be
used
for
continuous
and
discreet
event
modeling
and
simulation (see
Appendix
C
for
Extend elements).
The philosophy of Extend
is
that objects flow through a model based on either a change in time, the
completion
of
an
event,
or
a
change
of
state
either
in
an
object
or
the
model
itself.
States
of
objects
are
describes
by
attributes,
or
it
values that described by
attributes, or values that describes them in some manner, such as color priority,
cost, etc.
This
is an object-oriented approach that complement to the purpose of
using object technology in this research.
As
listed
in
Appendix
C,
the
Extend
+
BPR
TM
block
that
is
used
to
modeling the reengineered processes. The following is the Extend + BPR™
capabilities:
1. Operations. Operations in Extend can be modeled in various ways. A
simple operation is modeled using the combination of the Batch block
and the Activity block. The combination of the Batch lock and
Activity, Delay block represents a batch operation.
2. Transactions. A transaction
is a
movement of objects
from one point
to another. Extend provides several blocks for representing a
transaction.
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