The COVID-19 virus will keep organizations busy for a while. Step by step, the economy is opening up more and more. But as soon as the virus flares up again, freedoms will immediately be revoked. How do you ensure that you can quickly adapt your organization to these...
To meet the ever-growing expectations of customers in an ever more complex world, most of us feel something has to change soon. That ‘something’ could be summarized as becoming an event-driven organization. Those among you who have read the previous parts of this...
In our previous blog Business rules and business processes: tomayto, tomahto or more? we have stressed the importance of business rules within organisations. With developments such as artificial intelligence, IoT, and data and process mining knocking on our doors, we...
Remember the once popular TV-series Knight Rider starring David Hasselhoff and his talking car called KITT? Most of us at USoft really loved it, which may not come as a surprise. You know, with Artificial Intelligence and all. KITT even gave ‘The Hoff’ tons of good...
Asking this question is in a way answering it. After all, if they were completely interchangeable, we wouldn’t need to elaborate. Making the distinction between business rules and processes is quite crucial, especially with the potential value of big data and AI...
As a child we learn to obey rules set by a whole bunch of people, including our parents and teachers. These rules provide structure: without them, we'd be faced with total chaos in homes and schools! Business rules are actually quite similar. They help people in your...
To cut a long story short: no, it is not. Rather than replacing your current ERP system, or any other system for that matter, CEP enriches business processes by predicting events based on data from existing monitoring systems, such as ERP. Its goal is to identify...
In the ideal world, disruptions do not occur. Unfortunately, we do not live in utopia. We face disruptions on a daily base. That’s why we should deal with them right (away). This maybe even gives you the chance to earn on the disruptions. We know by experience...
In our previous blog, we introduced the act-now economy and explained how this affects organisations. This time, we want to focus on the digital transformation itself. Why would you want to take part in this movement? What’s the added value? No doubt, major steps have...
