A Model-Driven Service Specification Approach from BPMN Models

Blal, Redouane; Leshob, Abderrahmane

doi:10.1109/icebe.2017.28

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“…In ERP System, Exchange and Conversion processes are commonly used [4]. However, developing their specifications, and further developing their code are complex and time-consuming activities [15].…”

Section: Discussionmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…In [15], the author performs business process simulation through model transformation. It is found that web service specification of the exchange business process through SoaML modeling language has been done [4]. Web service generation for exchange process is not covered in previous researches.…”

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confidence: 99%

“…Web service generation for exchange process is not covered in previous researches. Web Service specification and web services generation for conversion business processes is not targeted so far [11], [4].…”

Section: E Research Gapmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…economic agents and provides other resources in return. In the Sale & Distribution process, a sale is an exchange process [4]. It exchanges economic resource, for example, a product for another resource like cash.…”

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A Novel Framework to Automatically Generate Executable Web Services From BPMN Models

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Enterprise resource planning (ERP) is a business process management system in which integrated applications are used to manage business processes in a shared data environment. ERP systems usually deal with the two types of business processes, i.e., exchange and conversion. In the exchange process, economic resource, such as product, exchanges to another economic resource, such as the sales process. In a conversion process, an enterprise consumes resources in order to produce new resources, such as the distribution process. Generally, the communication between ERP applications, based on the conversion and exchange processes, is accomplished through Web services. In this context, the implementation of Web services in ERP systems is a complex task. To manage this, the business process model and notation (BPMN) are frequently utilized to simplify the development of ERP applications. However, state-of-the-art BPMN approaches usually deal with the modeling of exchange processes without considering the conversion process. Furthermore, the model transformation solution to automatically generate Web services from the BPMN models are hard to find in the literature. Therefore, in this paper, a novel framework is proposed that supports the modeling of both exchanges as well as conversion processes through BPMN. Particularly, a modeling approach is introduced to represent the ERP processes through BPMN concepts. Subsequently, the rules are developed to convert source BPMN models into target Service-oriented architecture Modeling Language (SoaML) models. Finally, transformation rules are developed to generate fully functional executable Java Web services from SoaML models. As a part of the research, a complete open-source BPMN to Web services transformation (B2W) tool is developed to automatically generate the Web services from the high-level BPMN models. The proposed framework is validated through multiple case studies. The experimental results prove that the proposed framework accurately generates Web services from the BPMN models, which eventually helps in developing the ERP systems with simplicity.INDEX TERMS Model-driven engineering (MDE), business process model and notation (BPMN), service oriented architecture (SOA), ERP systems, service generation.

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“…In the area of business process management, the MDE proposed a set of methodologies, which can bridge the gap between business analysts and software developers [43]. Blal and Leshob [44] proposed a model-driven method to generate and specify services of service-oriented systems from business models expressed by Business Process Model and Notation (BPMN), a standardized graphical specification language for business process modeling and automation [45]. Due to the support of the modular engineering process, management of heterogeneity and complexity, reusability of design artifacts, MDE should not be waived to enable technologies of Industry 4.0 [46].…”

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Manufacturing Execution Systems for the Food and Beverage Industry: A Model-Driven Approach

2020

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Manufacturing Execution Systems (MES) are process-oriented information-technology (IT) solutions for collecting and managing information from manufacturing processes. Due to the individual programming effort and the complex integration with other manufacturing systems, though the food and beverage manufacturers can benefit from the MES, its implementation is not widespread in this industry. To simplify the implementation and engineering process, the concept of model-driven engineering (MDE) is considered as a solution. However, a feasible model-driven approach for MES engineering has not been established, not to mention for the food and beverage industry. This paper presents an approach for the automatic MES generation according to the MDE concept providing MES functions that are relevant to the food and beverage manufacturing processes primarily. It consists of necessary phases to cover the whole engineering process of the MES. Based on the application of the presented approach to the brewing process in a brewhouse, the feasibility and practicality of this approach were proven.

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