Resource Requirements of Enterprise Management

Enterprises can only be well managed if their business processes are clearly defined, well understood and precisely controlled. All of these requirements can be achieved by employing business process based enterprise models, which describe both process functionalities and their dynamic behaviour. The description of functionality has to include inputs and outputs, the means of transformation — such as resources, and their constraints — as well as other relevant information. A prime goal of enterprise modelling is to analyse and control business operations and therefore to improve the deployment of resources (Vernadat, 1996).