Integrating Production Planning and Control Business Processes

The incessant search of improvement of productivity and competitiveness business indices is a fundamental issue addressed by production management processes. It is broadly accepted that one way of improving these indices is to increase the integration between management processes. This integration could be based on business process modelling contents that are being expanded to different industrial areas and functions within companies. In a recent study of Palmer (2007) involving 74 companies, an analysis of the current involvement in industry initiatives regarding business processes is made, including: modelling, analysis, management and automation of business processes. According to this study, functional areas where there is a greater resistance to the introduction of these techniques, AbstrAct