Business Process Model for Interoperability Improvement in the Agricultural Domain Using Digital Twins

Authors

Emily do Amaral Calvet Pereira, Fraunhofer Institute for Experimental Software Engineering IESEFollow
Rodrigo Meneses Porto Falcão, Fraunhofer Institute of Experimental Software EngineeringFollow
Lucineia Heloisa Thom, Federal University of Rio Grande do SulFollow

Paper Number

1528

Abstract

A farm generates a lot of data from various systems, which is then stored in a distributed manner, usually in non-standardized formats, which bears the risk of data inconsistencies. This work addresses this issue by using business process management (BPM) to demonstrate that the use of digital twins (DTs) can improve interoperability between services in the agriculture domain. Steps from the BPM lifecycle were applied to a farming use case in Germany. First, the as-is business process model was discovered and modeled without DTs, analyzed and then redesigned into the to-be model according to the DT integration. The to-be model showed a reduction in the number of tasks needed to be performed by the farmer as well as an improvement of process data quality, interoperability, and efficiency. Finally, a comparison of the' average processing times of both models with the help of process simulation revealed improvements in the to-be process.

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Paper Number 1528

Recommended Citation

do Amaral Calvet Pereira, Emily; Meneses Porto Falcão, Rodrigo; and Thom, Lucineia Heloisa, "Business Process Model for Interoperability Improvement in the Agricultural Domain Using Digital Twins" (2022). PACIS 2022 Proceedings. 260.
https://aisel.aisnet.org/pacis2022/260