Graph documentation: Processes of the wholesaler

Status: draft
Personnel: David Hill Joe Smith
Documentation: Processes of the wholesaler by DH 2.4.1998 and updated by JS 10.5.1998

Graph picture: Processes of the wholesaler

Graph dictionary

Objects	Type of object	Documentation
Acquisition	Business process	Acquisition takes care of ordering the products to the company's own inventories when it's needed.
Own trucks	Business process	Company has 24 larger trucks and 32 smaller ones.
Product sales	Business process	Sales department has 30 employees working in the main building.
Store	Business process	Company has both local and central stores in the different parts of country.
Transporting company	Business process	Company uses it's own transporting services, standard post services and the global courier services.
Main processes of the wholesaler are acquisition, sales and inventory management.	Note	Main processes of the wholesaler are acquisition, sales and inventory management.

Acquisition (Business process)

Properties:

Process name	Acquisition
Process type	inbound
Value adding
Costs
Documentation	Acquisition takes care of ordering the products to the company's own inventories when it's needed.

Acquisition relationships:

In role	In relationship	With object(s)	In role
Information flow from	Information flow	Product sales	Information flow to
Information flow to	Information flow	Store	Information flow from
Information flow to	Information flow	Product sales	Information flow from
Information flow to	Information flow	Store	Information flow from

Acquisition links:

Link type	Graph's name
Decomposition	none
Explosions	none

Own trucks (Business process)

Properties:

Process name	Own trucks
Process type	delivery
Value adding
Costs
Documentation	Company has 24 larger trucks and 32 smaller ones.

Own trucks relationships:

In role	In relationship	With object(s)	In role
Information flow to	Information flow	Store	Information flow from
Material flow to	Material flow	Store	Material flow from

Own trucks links:

Link type	Graph's name
Decomposition	none
Explosions	none

Product sales (Business process)

Properties:

Process name	Product sales
Process type	sales
Value adding
Costs
Documentation	Sales department has 30 employees working in the main building.

Product sales relationships:

In role	In relationship	With object(s)	In role
Information flow from	Information flow	Store	Information flow to
Information flow from	Information flow	Acquisition	Information flow to
Information flow to	Information flow	Acquisition	Information flow from
Information flow to	Information flow	Store	Information flow from

Product sales links:

Link type	Graph's name
Decomposition	none
Explosions	Sales system

Store (Business process)

Properties:

Process name	Store
Process type	storing
Value adding
Costs
Documentation	Company has both local and central stores in the different parts of country.

Store relationships:

In role	In relationship	With object(s)	In role
Information flow from	Information flow	Own trucks	Information flow to
Information flow from	Information flow	Acquisition	Information flow to
Information flow from	Information flow	Product sales	Information flow to
Information flow from	Information flow	Transporting company	Information flow to
Information flow from	Information flow	Acquisition	Information flow to
Information flow to	Information flow	Product sales	Information flow from
Material flow from	Material flow	Own trucks	Material flow to
Material flow from	Material flow	Transporting company	Material flow to
Material flow to	Material flow	Transporting company	Material flow from

Store links:

Link type	Graph's name
Decomposition	none
Explosions	Inventory workflow CSF: Logistics of wholesaler Inventory use cases

Transporting company (Business process)

Properties:

Process name	Transporting company
Process type	services
Value adding
Costs
Documentation	Company uses it's own transporting services, standard post services and the global courier services.

Transporting company relationships:

In role	In relationship	With object(s)	In role
Information flow to	Information flow	Store	Information flow from
Material flow from	Material flow	Store	Material flow to
Material flow to	Material flow	Store	Material flow from

Transporting company links:

Link type	Graph's name
Decomposition	none
Explosions	none

Main processes of the wholesaler are acquisition, sales and inventory management. (Note)

Properties:

Documentation

Main processes of the wholesaler are acquisition, sales and inventory management.

Main processes of the wholesaler are acquisition, sales and inventory management. relationships:
none

Main processes of the wholesaler are acquisition, sales and inventory management. links:

Link type	Graph's name
Decomposition	none
Explosions	none