Integration of workflow management and simulation

Addressed in this paper is a method of integrating a workflow system and si mulation technology. It is often conceived that workflow systems are a majo r tool to support BPR. A key to apply the workflow systems to BPR is how to analyse and evaluate the performance of newly designed processes in advanc e. A simulation module, called WFSIM, has been developed and interfaced wit h a workflow system to better support the BPR capability. We demonstrate th e workability of translating from a workflow model to a simulation language . (C) 1999 Elsevier Science Ltd. All rights reserved.