ADONIS (software)
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ADONIS is a Business Process Management (BPM) tool, used for documentation, analysis, and optimization of business processes.{{cite web|title=ADONIS Business Process Modelling Suite|url=https://www.boc-group.com/en/adonis/|website=BOC Group|accessdate=1 February 2019}} It enables the visualization of process flows and standard operating procedures (SOPs), provides visibility into how they operate, and helps increase their efficiency by revealing redundant efforts and opportunities for improvement.{{Cite journal|last=Junginger, S., Kühn, H., Strobl, R., & Karagiannis, D.|title=Ein Geschäftsprozessmanagement-Werkzeug der nächsten Generation — ADONIS: Konzeption und Anwendungen|url=https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007%2FBF03250755|journal=Wirtschaftsinformatik|year=2000|volume=42|issue=5|pages=392–401|doi=10.1007/BF03250755|s2cid=45855379|via=Springer|url-access=subscription}}
The ADONIS BPM suite is manufactured and marketed by BOC Group and represents their flagship Business Process Management product.
Overview
ADONIS is designed as a golden source of organizations' process data, and thus supports the end-to-end management and improvement of their business processes. It is an HTML 5 web-based application, fully BPMN 2.0 compliant, and conformant with various other international standards and best practices such as BPMM, DMN and ISO 9000.{{Cite book|last=Shishkov|first=Boris|title=Business Modeling and Software Design|publisher=Springer|year=2018}}
Capabilities and Application Scenarios
The tool covers a wide application field and assists its users in the following domains:
- Process Management
- Quality Management & Operational Excellence
- Digitalization and Automation
- Customer Journey Mapping and Ideation
- Audit and Compliance
- SAP/ERP Integration
ADONIS provides an array of different functionalities, including, but not limited to business process modelling using the BPMN notation, graphical analysis and reporting capabilities, process simulation and data-driven insights, process versioning, publishing and team collaboration, as well as process automation using BPMN 2.0 XML (BPMN DI) and XPDL2.
In addition to its out-of-the-box features, ADONIS offers different configuration and customization possibilities, and can be integrated with other tools via the RESTful API interface. Some of the common integration scenarios include the Enterprise Architecture suite ADOIT, Atlassian Confluence, SAP Solution Manager and others.{{Cite web|title=BPM Marketplace|url=https://knowledge.boc-group.com/marketplace/adonis|website=BOC Marketplace}}
History
ADONIS was first released in 1995 by the BPMS Group (Business Process Management Systems) at the Computer Science and Business Informatics Institute of the University of Vienna, which later evolved into the company BOC Group as its spin-off. Since then, ADONIS has been continuously advanced, and is currently available in its latest version ADONIS 13.0, released in December 2021.{{Cite news|title=BOC Group Unveils Next-Level BPM Analysis With ADONIS 13.0|work=PR Newswire|url=https://www.prnewswire.com/es/comunicados-de-prensa/boc-group-unveils-next-level-bpm-analysis-with-adonis-13-0-841487678.html}}
In addition to its commercial editions (Enterprise Edition and Starter Edition), in 2008 ADONIS became one of the first BPM tools to release a Community Edition freeware (ADONIS:Community Edition) which now counts over 200.000 registered community users.{{Cite web|title=BPM For Your Digital Twin {{!}} ADONIS:Community Edition|url=https://www.adonis-community.com/en/|website=ADONIS:Community Edition}}
Awards and Recognitions
- Recognized as a 2021 Customers' Choice Tool in the Gartner Voice of The Customer (EBPA) market report {{Cite web|title=Gartner Peer Insights 'Voice of the Customer': Enterprise Business Process Analysis|url=https://www.gartner.com/document/3995322|website=Gartner}}{{dead link|date=December 2021|bot=medic}}{{cbignore|bot=medic}}
- Featured in the 2021 Gartner Market Guide for Enterprise Business Process Analysis (EBPA) report {{Cite web |title=Market Guide for Enterprise Business Process Analysis |url=https://www.gartner.com/en/documents/4434999 |website=Gartner}}
- Featured in the 2021 Gartner Market Guide for Technologies Supporting a Digital Twin of an Organization report {{Cite web|title=Market Guide for Technologies Supporting a Digital Twin of an Organization|url=https://www.gartner.com/document/4003512|website=Gartner}}{{dead link|date=December 2021|bot=medic}}{{cbignore|bot=medic}}
- Certified for accessibility by BIK Hamburg {{Cite web|title=BIK BITV-Test {{!}} Barrierefreie Websites|url=https://www.bitvtest.de/sites_und_agenturen/barrierefreie_websites.html|website=BIK Hamburg|date=19 March 2024 }}
- Certified SaaS for ISO 27000 {{Cite news|title=BOC Group receives ISO/IEC 27001:2013 certification|url=https://www.boc-group.com/en/boc-group-receives-iso-iec-270012013-certification/}}
- Listed as a top performer for interoperability of BPM tools {{Cite web|title=GitHub - bpmn-miwg/bpmn-miwg-test-suite: BPMN 2.0 Test Cases (Models, Diagrams, Serializations) created by the BPMN Model Interchange Working Group (BPMN MIWG) at the OMG|url=https://github.com/bpmn-miwg/bpmn-miwg-test-suite|website=OMG|date=September 2021}}
- OMG Award 2008 "Best BPM Application Using Standards"
References
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External links
- {{official website|http://www.boc-group.com/products/adonis/|name=ADONIS Product Information}}
- [http://www.adonis-community.com ADONIS Community Edition]
- [https://www.boc-group.com BOC Group]
- [https://www.gartner.com/reviews/market/enterprise-business-process-analysis/vendor/boc-group/product/boc-group-adonis ADONIS Gartner Peer Insights Review]
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