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Business Process Analysis Guideto Simplify Trade Procedures
UNITED NATIONS NETWORK OF EXPERTS FOR PAPERLESS TRADEIN ASIA AND THE PACIFIC
UNITED NATIONS ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL COMMISSION FOR ASIA AND THE PACIFIC
UNITED NATIONS ECONOMIC COMMISSION FOR EUROPE
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Business Process Analysis Guideto Simplify Trade Procedures
The designations employed and the presentation of the material in this publication do not imply theexpression of any opinion whatsoever on the part of the Secretariat of the United Nations concerning thelegal status of any country, territory, city or area, or of its authorities, or concerning the delimitation of itsfrontiers or boundaries. This document has not been formally edited.
United Nations publicationSales No. E.09.II.F.21Copyright © United Nations 2009All rights reservedManufactured in ThailandISBN: 978-92-1-120588-6ST/ESCAP/2558
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FOREWORD
Today’s international supply chains face an increasingly competitive environment, with new productsafety regulations, and intense border security concerns. The need for traders to comply with allprocedural, regulatory, and documentary requirements rapidly, accurately and cheaply has becomeextremely important in order to remain competitive.
To improve the efficiency and effectiveness of processes and information flows throughout thesupply chain, it is crucial that the existing “as-is” conditions are well understood, prior toimplementing trade facilitation reforms. Adapted from the business process modeling techniquesthat have been originally applied in the automation of mechanistic business processes, thisBusiness Process Analysis Guide to Simplify Trade Procedures (BPA Guide) aims to provide asimple methodology to document the “as-is” business processes in international trade transactions.The BPA Guide also shares valuable country experiences and lessons learned in this area.Insights about existing processes and procedures in trade would provide senior governmentofficials with crucial information on where improvements are necessary.
It is our hope that this BPA Guide will serve government officials as an instrument that facilitatesthe identification of bottlenecks in trade processes and procedures, the prioritization of areas forimprovement, and the design of strategies to eliminate these bottlenecks. Ultimately, businessprocess analysis can bring about greater transparency, improved efficiency, and greater capacity toinnovate, which are in turn the keys to remaining competitive in today’s international markets.
Ravi RatnayakeDirectorTrade and Investment DivisionUN Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific
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ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
This publication was prepared under the guidance of Ravi Ratnayake, Director, Trade andInvestment, and the coordination by Shamika Sirimanne, Chief, Trade Facilitation Section, by ateam consisting of Maria Misovicova, Peng Bin of ESCAP, Markus Pikart of UNECE and SomnukKeretho and Thayanan Phuaphanthong from the Institute for Information Technology Innovation,Kasetsart University. Substantive inputs were provided by Nikolaus Sahling (consultant). Valuablecontributions were received from Yann Duval, Sang Won Lim (ESCAP) and Tom Butterly(UNECE). The external editing was provided by Dorothy Van Schooneveld.
The Business Process Analysis Guide to Simplify Trade Procedures (BPA Guide) was developedas part of the joint technical assistance project by ESCAP and UNECE and under the auspices ofthe United Nations Network of Experts for Paperless Trade in Asia and the Pacific (UN NExT).The project aims to raise the capacity and accelerate the adoption of the above-mentioned tradefacilitation measures, especially in countries where those measures are not yet commonlyimplemented.
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PREFACE
Moving goods across borders requires meeting a vast number of commercial, transport andregulatory requirements. Inefficiencies in complying with these requirements often create unneces-sary delays and costs. At present, a source of tremendous inefficiencies is associated with thepreparation of transport and regulatory documents, unclear border procedures, and overzealouscargo inspection.
A Single Window (see Glossary) is one of the trade facilitation measures that has increasinglygained momentum, especially in the Asia-Pacific region, as it serves as the foundation forpaperless trading. Once it is fully operational, the complexity as well as unnecessary delays andcosts in administering cross-border movement of goods are expected to be significantly lessened.
To ensure that the Single Window facility responds to stakeholders’ needs in different stages ofthe international supply chain, it is important that its design reflects the business processes in use.Given that the existing business processes may entail redundant activities and complexities thatcreate procedural inefficiencies and bottlenecks, it is essential to harmonize and simplify theexisting business processes prior to adopting them as a basis for the design of the SingleWindow. The harmonization and simplification of business processes cannot be achieved withoutgood and in-depth understanding of existing practices.
The BPA Guide offers a simple methodology to elicit, document, and analyse the existing “as-is”business processes involved in international trade, as well as aid in developing recommendationsfor further improvement. It suggests a set of practical steps and activities, from setting the scopeof the business process analysis project; planning its implementation; collecting relevant data; andpresenting it in an easily understandable manner, to analysing the captured data in order toidentify bottlenecks and developing recommendations for improvement. This recommended set ofsteps and activities was generalized from the business process analysis exercise conducted inThailand in preparation for the development of Thailand’s Single Window e-Logistics, which is anational obligation under the ASEAN Single Window initiative. To make the BPA Guide practical,a case study on business process analysis of the export of jasmine rice in Thailand is provided inthe Annex.
The BPA Guide intends to serve practitioners and policymakers from government agencies or theprivate sector involved in:
• The harmonization and simplification of international trade procedures;• The harmonization of related data requirements with the international standard; and• The implementation of Single Window.
From the BPA Guide, practitioners will learn a step-by-step approach to business process analysisand development of recommendations for future improvement. Policymakers, on the other hand,will benefit from a better understanding of the linkage between business process analysis andtrade facilitation measures, including business process simplification, data harmonization, andSingle Window implementation. They will become acquainted with prerequisite steps that have tobe taken prior to the implementation of trade facilitation measures.
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CONTENTS
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Foreword .................................................................................................................................... iii
Acknowledgements .................................................................................................................. iv
Preface ....................................................................................................................................... v
Abbreviation ............................................................................................................................. xi
1. TRADE FACILITATION AND BUSINESS PROCESS ANALYSIS .................................. 1
1A Participants and their interests .............................................................................. 11B Business process analysis in the context of trade facilitation ............................ 2
2. INTRODUCTION TO THE BUSINESS PROCESS ANALYSIS ...................................... 5
2A Definition and scope............................................................................................... 52B Business process modeling methodology used in this Guide ............................ 52C UML graphical notations used in this Guide ........................................................ 62D Outputs of the business process analysis............................................................ 8
3. BUSINESS PROCESS ANALYSIS GUIDE TO SIMPLIFYTRADE PROCEDURES ..................................................................................................... 11
3A Introduction to phases, stakeholders and other related issues ........................... 113B Individual phases, steps and activities.................................................................. 15
Phase I: Scope setting ......................................................................................... 15Step 1: Define the project scope ............................................................. 15Step 2: Develop a work plan and secure resources ............................. 20
Phase II: Data collection and process documentation ...................................... 22Step 3: Acquire background information ................................................. 23Step 4: Conduct interviews and document captured data ..................... 23
Phase III: Process analysis and recommendations development ................... 30Step 5: Analyse the “as-is” processes and identify bottlenecks ............ 30Step 6: Develop and propose recommendations ................................... 34
4. RECOMMENDATIONS FOR IMPLEMENTATION ........................................................... 37
5. GLOSSARY ................................................................................................................... 39
6. REFERENCES ................................................................................................................... 41
7. ANNEX: BUSINESS PROCESS ANALYSIS OF THE EXPORT OFJASMINE RICE IN THAILAND ......................................................................................... 43
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BOXES
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Box 1.1 The UN/CEFACT international supply chain model ........................................... 1
Box 3.1 Case study – define the project scope ............................................................... 16
Box 3.2 Case study – scope of analysis .......................................................................... 17
Box 3.3 Case study – visualize the project scope ........................................................... 18
Box 3.4 Case study – use cases of core business processesin frozen shrimp export ........................................................................................ 21
Box 3.5 Project Evaluation and Review Technique (PERT) estimate ............................. 21
Box 3.6 Responsibilities and required skills of process analysts ................................... 22
Box 3.7 Examples of interview questions ......................................................................... 26
Box 3.8 Case study – activity diagram of “Have the product sampled andexamined” use case within the BPA of frozen shrimp export in Thailand ....... 28
Box 3.9 Integration of activity diagrams chart from the BPA of frozenshrimp export in Thailand .................................................................................... 29
Box 3.10 The time-procedure chart from the BPA of frozen shrimp export inThailand ................................................................................................................. 31
Box 3.11 UN/CEFACT Recommendation No.18: Facilitation Measures Relatedto International Trade Procedures ....................................................................... 32
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FIGURES
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Figure 1.1 Step-by-step approach to developing an electronic Single Windowand paperless trade environment ........................................................................ 3
Figure 2.1 The use of UML diagrams in the BPA Guide .................................................... 9
Figure 3.1 Key steps and stakeholders in business process analysis ............................... 11
Figure 3.2 Stakeholders involved in Step 1 .......................................................................... 15
Figure 3.3 Activities involved in Step 1 ................................................................................. 16
Figure 3.4 Stakeholders involved in Step 2 .......................................................................... 19
Figure 3.5 Activities involved in Step 2 ................................................................................. 19
Figure 3.6 Stakeholders involved in Step 3 .......................................................................... 24
Figure 3.7 Activities involved in Step 3 ................................................................................. 24
Figure 3.8 Stakeholders involved in Step 4 .......................................................................... 24
Figure 3.9 Activities involved in Step 4 ................................................................................. 25
Figure 3.10 Stakeholders involved in Step 5 .......................................................................... 33
Figure 3.11 Activities involved in Step 5 ................................................................................. 33
Figure 3.12 Stakeholders involved in Step 6 .......................................................................... 35
Figure 3.13 Activities involved in Step 6 ................................................................................. 35
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TABLES
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Table 2.1 Use Case Diagram notations .............................................................................. 7
Table 2.2 Activity Diagram notations.................................................................................... 7
Table 3.1 Roles and responsibilities of stakeholders in BPA ............................................ 12
Table 3.2 Overview of BPA .................................................................................................. 13
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ABBREVIATION
ASEAN Association of Southeast Asian Nations
ASYCUDA Automated System for Customs Data
ECE United Nations Economic Commission for Europe
ESCAP United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific
ICT Information and Communication Technologies
PERT Project Evaluation and Review Technique
UML Unified Modeling Language
UN/CEFACT United Nations Centre for Trade Facilitation and Electronic Business
UN NExT United Nations Network of Experts for Paperless Trade in Asia and the Pacific
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International trade transaction encompasses allactivities related to the establishment of com-mercial contracts (commercial procedures), thearrangement of inland and cross-border trans-portation of goods (transport procedures), theexport and import formalities to meet regula-tory requirements (regulatory procedures), andthe payment for purchased goods (financialprocedures). It requires cooperation betweenmany actors, including traders, governmentagencies and service providers from differentcountries.
1A PARTICIPANTS AND THEIRINTERESTS
According to their interests and needs, theactors of the international trade transaction canbe grouped into the following categories:
a) Government agenciesGovernment authorities such as ministries oftrade, finance/customs, transport, health, ag-riculture, information and communication
technology, veterinary, plant and quarantineagencies are responsible for devising tradefacilitation strategies, reform programmes,and laws and regulations to ensure thesmooth flow of goods and information in asecure environment. Customs authoritieshave a specialized role here, which tradition-ally was to control the entry and exit of goodsand to collect revenues. Later, this role wasextended to ensure border security and portadministration. Recently, the focus has beenshifted from enforcement to trade facilitationwith the use of pre-arrival clearances, theauthorized economic operator’s concept,green lanes and post-clearance audits, in-creasingly employing electronic trade datasubmission, processing and exchange aswell as information and communication tech-nologies (ICT)-enabled trade facilitation solu-tions, such as Single Window systems.These government agencies need enhancedtax collection, more precise foreign tradestatistics and better administration controls,which Single Window and paperless tradesystems can provide.
Box 1.1. The UN/CEFACT international supply chain model
UN/CEFACT Recommendation No. 18 illustrates a simplified view of the international supply chain in theBuy-Ship-Pay model (see the picture below). The model not only suggests “a series of fragmented activities”that are carried out throughout the international trade transaction, but also defines different types of actorsthat are associated with them. Key actors in the international supply chain are authorities, intermediaries,suppliers, and customers.
Authority
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b) IntermediariesIntermediaries are those who provide com-mercial, financial, and/or transport serviceswithin an international supply chain, such asfreight forwarders, customs brokers, third-party logistics service providers, carriers, ex-press integrators, port and terminal opera-tors, banks, insurance companies, and in-formation technology (IT) value-added ser-vice providers. They are normally from theprivate sector, which needs a swift ex-change of trade information and transparentregulatory environment in order to complywith the requirements of clients.
c) TradersGenerally, they are the source and the tar-get of the supply chain. They are principalsof the cargo and users of the servicesprovided by the intermediary. They not onlydepend on the services provided by servicesproviders, but also must meet the regulatoryrequirements of government agencies formoving goods across borders. At the sametime, they also participate in the implemen-tation of trade facilitation regulations andmeasures in collaboration with governmentagencies. Trading companies and businesscommunities need a transparent and pre-dictable trading environment, and solutionsthat cater to faster customs clearance, re-duced delays at the borders, lower tradetransaction costs, reduced corruption, andcheaper and more competitive exports.
1B BUSINESS PROCESS ANALYSISIN THE CONTEXT OF TRADEFACILITATION
To reduce the complexity of the internationaltrade transaction and thus costs related to it,UN/CEFACT recommends implementation ofthe following measures:1
• The simplification and harmonization oftrade procedures and, where possible,elimination of unnecessary ones;
• The simplification and coordination ofadministrative procedures at border cross-ings;
• The simplification of payment systems;
• The simplification, standardization andharmonization of documents required for atrade transaction;
• The facilitation of flow of information thatcontrols the movement of goods throughoutthe transaction (e.g. by applying informationand communication technology); and
• The enhancement of trust assessmentthrough a better exchange of information.
The successful implementation of tradefacilitation measures, however, requires notonly political and governmental support interms of policy directions as well as humanand financial resources, but also an in-depthunderstanding about existing businessprocesses.
According to UN/CEFACT’s step-by-step ap-proach toward a Single Window paperless en-vironment as shown in Figure 1.1, businessprocess analysis is recommended as the firststep to be taken before undertaking othertrade facilitation measures related to the sim-plification, harmonization, and automation oftrade procedures and documents.2
In order to improve the efficiency and effective-ness of processes and information flowsthroughout the international supply chain, it ishighly recommended that the “as-is” conditionsof relevant business processes are well under-stood prior to the selection of trade facilitationmeasures.
1 UNECE (2006b). Towards an Integrated Strategy forUN/CEFACT, Geneva.
2 UNECE (2006a). Background Paper for UN/CEFACTSymposium on Single Window Common Standardsand Interoperability, Geneva.
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Figure 1.1. Step-by-step approach to developing an electronic SingleWindow and paperless trade environment
e-Single Window &paperless trading
Cross-border data harmonization& exchange
National data harmonization
Documents simplification and alignment
Process simplification and harmonization
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2A DEFINITION AND SCOPE
A business process is a sequence of stepsperformed for a given purpose. Based on thisgeneric definition, a business process consid-ered within the framework of trade facilitationcan be defined as:
A chain of logically connected activitiesto move goods and related information
across borders from buyer to sellerand to provide related services
Business processes are valuable organizationalassets. They enable the creation and deliveryof business values as defined by organiza-tional goals. Business processes are oftendriven by information. In the area of interna-tional supply chain, for example, the move-ment of cargo has to be escorted by corr-esponding cargo documents. It involves anaverage of 40 documents, 200 data elements(30 of which are repeated at least 30 times)and the re-keying of 60 to 70 per cent of dataat least once.3 Delay on document processingor lack of integrity in the information that flowsacross business processes has become afactor that holds back cargo movement. Onthe average, each additional day that a cargois delayed prior to being shipped reducestrade volume by at least 1 per cent and byapproximately 7 per cent if the products aretime-sensitive to time-insensitive agriculturalgoods.4
Because the underlying business process hasa significant impact on the performance of theoverall business, any process improvementachieved can enhance the competitivenessboth at the organizational and the nationallevel. Business process analysis is a study ofexisting business processes within one oracross several organizations, both in normaloperation and in exceptional situations. Its pri-mary goal is to understand attributes of busi-ness processes and relationships among them.The results of the business process analysismay serve as a baseline for implementingtrade facilitation measures such as:
• Simplification of trade procedures (includingcommercial, transport, regulatory and finan-cial procedures);
• Simplification of documentary requirementsand their alignment with international stan-dards; and
• Automation of international trade transac-tion and its associated electronic docu-ments for Single Window and paperlesstrade systems.
2B BUSINESS PROCESSMODELING METHODOLOGYUSED IN THIS GUIDE
Business process modeling is a technique fordocumenting business processes where eachelement of the business process is repre-sented by graphical notations. It can beachieved by a simple drawing with paper andpencil or a software tool. The resulting graphi-cal representation of a business process isknown as a business process model. Eachbusiness process model illustrates:
• Activities that come in a specific order anddecision points;
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3 APEC (1996). APEC means business: building pros-perity for our community. Report to the EconomicLeaders. Asia Pacific Economic Cooperation Secre-tariat, Singapore.
4 Djankov, S., Freund, C., and Pham, C. (2006). Trad-ing on Time, World Bank, Washington DC.
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• Actors who perform those activities;
• Defined inputs and outputs of each activity;
• Criteria for entering and exiting the busi-ness process;
• How actors relate to one another;
• How information flows throughout the busi-ness process;
• Associated rules and regulations; and
• Quantitative indicators such as number ofsteps, as well as time and cost required tocomplete a particular business process.
The documentation of existing business pro-cesses in simple diagrams and brief descrip-tions helps create a common understanding onworking norms and operational proceduresamong relevant stakeholders. The stakeholdersof the business processes include practitionerswho deal with the documented business pro-cesses on a daily basis; experts who may bebrought in to assist with the initiation andimplementation of business process improve-ment programmes, and decision makers whomake informed decisions regarding the revisionof related regulations and procedures.
Business process models are increasinglyused in trade facilitation. For the purposes ofthis Guide, the business process model servesas a tool that facilitates:
• The analysis of activities, documents, andinformation flow in international trade pro-cedures;
• The identification and prioritization of prob-lematic areas that cause the delays inmoving goods from seller to buyer; and
• The design of improvement measures toaddress these problematic areas (e.g. sim-plifying processes and data, and eliminat-ing redundancies).
The Unified Modeling Language (UML)5 pro-vides a set of standard graphical notations forbusiness process modeling. UML is internation-ally accepted and widely used not only amongpractitioners in business communities but also
in information technology and software devel-opment. The consistency in modeling tech-niques produces results in a form that is easilyunderstood, analysed and validated. If the ulti-mate goal of the business process modelingand analysis is to automate the internationaltrade transaction and move to electronic tradedocuments exchangeable through the SingleWindow and paperless trade systems, the useof common standard graphical notations inbusiness process modeling is vital. This ismainly because the common standard graphi-cal notations allow business domain experts tocommunicate procedural and documentary re-quirements with technical experts who are des-ignated to put the systems in place.
2C UML GRAPHICAL NOTATIONSUSED IN THIS GUIDE
In business process analysis, the use casediagram serves as a project’s frame of refer-ence. Its purpose is to present a graphicaloverview of core business processes that aresubject to further examination at a greaterdepth. It indicates all stakeholders involved inthese business processes and demonstratesall actual associations between these businessprocesses and the stakeholders.
The activity diagram is an elaboration of eachbusiness process displayed in the use casediagram. It portrays a sequence of activitiesand information flows from one responsibleparty to another. It informs its audience notonly who is doing what in which order, butalso documentary inputs that serve as prereq-uisites to activities and documentary outputsthat can be obtained upon completion of activi-ties. A set of graphical notations for use caseand activity diagramming are provided with ex-planations of their meaning in Tables 2.1. and2.2. These notations are adopted from UML.
This BPA Guide focuses on modeling businessprocesses with two types of UML diagrams:the use case diagram and the activity diagram,shown in Figure 2.1. The use case diagramillustrates the high-level business processesand actors associated with each of them. Itserves as a frame of reference for furtherelaboration of business process modelingwork. The activity diagram, on the other hand,5 UML Resource Page, http://www.uml.org.
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Table 2.1. Use Case Diagram notations
Notation Description and instruction for use
Subject Boundary:– Represents a process area– Includes the name of a subject boundary on top
Actor:– Represents a role which participates in a particular business process.– Can be an individual, an organization, a department, etc.– Is labelled with a role-name– Is placed outside the subject boundary
Use Case:– Represents a core business process– Is labelled with a descriptive verb-noun phrase
Relationship Association:– Links actors with the use cases (business processes) they participate in
Boundary
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Table 2.2. Activity Diagram notations
Notation Description and instruction for use
Initial State– Represents the beginning of a set of activities– Can only be one initial state for each activity diagram
Final Flow State– Is used to stop the flow of activities– Indicates that further activities cannot be pursued within the
described context
Final Activity State– Is used to indicate the completion of the business process
Swimlane– Is used to break up individual actions to individuals/agencies that
are responsible for executing their actions– Is labelled with the name of the responsible individual, organization,
or department
Activity– Represents a non-decomposable piece of behaviour– Is labelled with a name that 1) begins with a verb and ends with a
noun; and 2) is short yet contains enough information for readers tocomprehend
ProcessParticipant 1
ProcessParticipant 2
ProcessParticipant n
(Continued)
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Table 2.2. (continued)
Notation Description and instruction for use
Object– Represents a document or information that flows from one activity toanother activity– Is labelled with a name of a document
Decision– Represents the point where a decision, depending on the outcome
of a specific prior activity, has to be made– Has multiple transition lines coming out of a decision point and
connecting to different activities– Attached with labels addressing the condition on each transition line
that comes out of an activity and connects to a decision point orvice versa
Transition line– Indicates a sequential flow of activities and information flows in an
activity diagram
Fork (Splitting of Control)– Is used to visualize a set of parallel activities or concurrent flow
of activities
Join (Synchronization of Control)– Is used to indicate the termination of a set of parallel activities
or concurrent flow of activities
describes activities, inputs, and outputs associ-ated with each business process listed in theuse case diagram.
2D OUTPUTS OF THE BUSINESSPROCESS ANALYSIS
The main output of the business processanalysis exercise within the context of tradefacilitation is the business process analysisreport that contains the following components:
• Use case diagram showing the scope ofthe business process analysis project;
• Activity diagrams;
• Process descriptions, including a list oftrade forms and documents, as well as alist of trade-related laws, rules and regula-tions;
• Integrated activity diagram;
• Time-procedure chart;
• A list of identified bottlenecks; and
• Recommendations to improve the businessprocess and/or to-be business processmodels.
These output components are further ex-plained in the following parts of the BPAGuide.
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Figure 2.1. The use of UML diagrams in the BPA Guide
UML Use Case Diagram and Activity Diagramare used to visualize the captured knowledgeof the business processes.
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3A INTRODUCTION TO PHASES,STAKEHOLDERS AND OTHERRELATED ISSUES
The business process analysis consists ofthree phases that have to be carried out insequence (see Figure 3.1):
Phase I: Scope setting, which includes thefollowing two steps:
Step 1 - Define a project scopeStep 2 - Develop a detailed work planand secure resources
Phase II: Data collection and process docu-mentation, which includes two steps:Step 3 - Acquire background informa-tionStep 4 - Conduct interviews and docu-ment captured data
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Figure 3.1. Key steps and stakeholders in business process analysis
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Table 3.1. Roles and responsibilities of stakeholders in BPA
Phase I Phase II Phase III
Role Step 1: Step 2: Step 3: Step 4: Step 5: Step 6:Define Develop a Acquire Conduct Analyse the Developproject detailed plan background interview and “as-is” andscope and secure information document processes propose
resources captured data and identify recom-bottlenecks mendations
Project Finalize and Approve any Provide management support and direction when neededSponsor approve the changes to
project scope project scope Participate in major project reviews and approve keydeliverables
Commit specific Ensure timely resolution of issues affecting projectresources success
Project Acquire relevant Develop a Oversee and control the execution of the planManager/ information to detailed planProject define theLeader scope of a Organize Participate in the review of milestone deliverables
process under resources including the final outputinvestigation
Process – Review plan Conduct desk Conduct the Analyse and DevelopAnalysts and propose research interviews identify recommen-
adjustment if bottlenecks dations forneeded Make Collect and and process
necessary consolidate improvement simplificationpreparation data opportunitiesfor interview of the “as-is”and Document processes Report theobservation the “as-is” final output
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Phase III: Process analysis and recommenda-tions development, which includes thefollowing two steps:Step 5 - Analyse the “as-is” processesand identify bottlenecksStep 6 - Develop and propose recom-mendations.
Four groups of stakeholders participate in abusiness process:
• Project Sponsor, who acts as authorizedperson from a lead agency commis-sioning the business process analysisstudy;
• Project Manager/ Project Leader, who is incharge of planning, directing, staffing, andmanaging the development of the businessprocess study;
• Project Analysts, who are in charge of col-lecting, documenting and analysing thebusiness processes;
• Process Participants/ Business Domain Ex-perts, who carry out business processesand thus have specific expertise andknowledge of a business process.
Their responsibilities in the different phases ofthe business process analysis are summarizedin Table 3.1.
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lim
ited
reso
urce
s, d
etai
led
mod
elin
g an
d an
alys
is o
f th
e bu
sine
ss p
roce
ss f
or t
he e
xpor
tof
one
pro
duct
is
not
poss
ible
. In
thi
s ca
se,
the
emph
asis
sho
uld
be o
rient
edto
war
ds p
roje
ct b
enef
icia
ry.
If th
e be
nefic
iary
is
an e
xpor
ter,
the
emph
asis
is
onw
hat
the
expo
rter
has
to d
o in
ord
er t
o sh
ip t
he c
argo
to
the
dest
inat
ion
coun
try.
If th
e be
nefic
iary
is
a ca
rrier
, th
e em
phas
is i
s on
wha
t th
e ca
rrier
has
to
do i
nor
der
to l
eave
the
por
t of
dep
artu
re.
Bre
ak t
he p
roje
ct i
nto
sub-
proj
ects
if
the
scop
e is
rel
ativ
ely
larg
e. F
or e
xam
ple,
if
the
proj
ect
requ
ires
the
anal
ysis
of
busi
ness
pro
cess
es f
or e
xpor
ting
10 c
ount
ries’
stra
tegi
c pr
oduc
ts,
brea
k th
e pr
ojec
t in
to 1
0 su
b-pr
ojec
ts a
nd d
efin
e th
e pr
ojec
tsc
ope
for
each
of
them
.
Do
not
set
the
scop
e th
at i
sto
o br
oad
or v
ague
.
Step
2:
Dev
elop
ade
taile
d pl
an a
ndse
cure
res
ourc
es
Det
aile
d pr
ojec
t pl
an
incl
udin
g hu
man
reso
urce
s,
sche
dule
s,
and
softw
are
supp
orte
d to
ols
A l
ist
of p
oten
tial
inte
rvie
wee
s an
d th
eir
con-
tact
inf
orm
atio
n
Set
up
a te
am t
hat
cons
ists
of
proc
ess
anal
ysts
with
crit
ical
thi
nkin
g.D
o no
t un
dere
stim
ate
the
ef-
forts
an
d tim
e ne
eded
fo
rce
rtain
ta
sks,
es
peci
ally
thos
e re
late
d to
hu
man
inte
ract
ions
, e.
g.
data
colle
ctio
n an
d ve
rific
atio
n.
Step
3:
Acqu
ireba
ckgr
ound
info
rmat
ion
A
fold
er
of
back
grou
nd
info
rmat
ion
on
the
busi
ness
pr
oces
ses
whi
ch
may
be
acco
mpa
nied
by
a br
ief
expl
anat
ory
note
of
the
busi
ness
ste
p.
A l
ist
of g
uidi
ng q
uest
ions
for
the
int
ervi
ew
Do
colle
ct
as
muc
h ba
ckgr
ound
in
form
atio
n as
po
ssib
le
from
di
vers
eav
aila
ble
sour
ces.
Do
not
cond
uct
any
inte
r-vi
ew s
essi
on b
efor
e th
e in
-te
rvie
wer
ha
s su
ffici
ent
back
grou
nd
info
rmat
ion
and
beco
mes
fa
milia
r w
ithth
e or
gani
zatio
n an
d th
esp
ecifi
c bu
sine
ss
pro-
cess
es u
nder
int
ervi
ew.
Step
4:
Con
duct
inte
rvie
ws
and
docu
men
t ca
ptur
edda
ta
A s
et o
f ac
tivity
dia
gram
s ill
ustra
ting:
–St
artin
g an
d en
ding
poi
nts
–P
re-c
ondi
tions
an
d po
st-c
ondi
tions
of
each
bus
ines
s pr
oces
s–
A s
et o
f ac
tiviti
es–
Doc
umen
ts
asso
ciat
ed
with
ea
chbu
sine
ss t
rans
actio
n–
Out
put
and
crite
ria
to
exit
the
busi
ness
pro
cess
Info
rm
inte
rvie
wee
s ab
out
over
all
expe
ctat
ions
fro
m
the
inte
rvie
w
sess
ion
and
the
spec
ific
busi
ness
pro
cess
es o
f in
tere
st.
Def
ine
and
docu
men
t pr
oces
ses
in a
way
tha
t re
flect
s th
e cu
rrent
sta
te o
fpr
actic
es.
Whe
n de
scrib
ing
and
docu
men
ting
a pr
oces
s, s
tart
with
the
act
ivity
dia
gram
.D
raw
ing
help
s fo
rmul
ate
idea
s an
d a
logi
cal
sequ
ence
of
ac
tiviti
es.
Mos
tlik
ely,
dra
win
g th
e fir
st d
iagr
am i
s go
ing
to b
e a
stru
ggle
. If
two
conn
ectin
g
Do
not
atte
mpt
to
cr
eate
proc
esse
s th
at
look
“p
er-
fect
” fro
m
the
begi
nnin
g.P
erfe
ctio
n do
es
not
repr
e-se
nt w
hat
actu
ally
hap
pens
in
real
ity
and
thus
ca
nnot
serv
e as
a b
asel
ine
for
im-
prov
emen
t.
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14
Tabl
e 3.
2. (
cont
inue
d)
Step
Del
iver
able
sD
o’s
Don
’ts
–Th
e av
erag
e tim
e re
quire
d to
com
plet
eth
at p
roce
ss s
tep
A
set
of
busi
ness
pr
oces
s de
scrip
tions
desc
ribin
g:–
The
nam
e of
a p
roce
ss a
rea
to w
hich
this
pa
rticu
lar
busi
ness
pr
oces
sbe
long
s–
The
nam
e of
the
bus
ines
s pr
oces
s–
Rel
ated
rul
es a
nd r
egul
atio
ns–
The
nam
e of
the
res
pons
ible
par
ties
–In
put
and
crite
ria
to
ente
r/beg
in
the
busi
ness
pro
cess
–A
ctiv
ities
and
ass
ocia
ted
docu
men
tary
requ
irem
ents
to
com
plet
e th
is s
tep
(incl
udin
g fo
rms,
an
d do
cum
ent
tem
-pl
ates
and
exa
mpl
es)
–O
utpu
t an
d cr
iteria
to
ex
it th
e bu
sine
ss p
roce
ss
Act
ivity
di
agra
m
illust
ratin
g in
tegr
ated
proc
esse
s in
the
bus
ines
s do
mai
n
Tim
e-P
roce
dure
C
hart,
a
char
t illu
stra
ting
rela
tions
hips
be
twee
n bu
sine
ss
proc
ess
and
time
requ
ired
to c
ompl
ete
each
bus
i-ne
ss
proc
ess
in
the
busi
ness
do
mai
n of
inte
rest
activ
ities
in
a lo
gica
l se
quen
ce d
o no
t m
ake
sens
e, i
t m
eans
som
e ac
tiviti
esm
ay b
e m
issi
ng i
n be
twee
n.
Writ
e do
wn
ques
tions
th
at
com
e up
w
hen
draw
ing
the
diag
ram
an
d us
eth
em
for
anot
her
inte
rvie
w
sess
ion.
St
ruct
ure
the
seco
nd
roun
d of
th
ein
terv
iew
bas
ed o
n th
ese
ques
tions
.
Hol
d an
ex
perie
nce-
shar
ing
sess
ion
amon
g th
e te
am
of
proc
ess
anal
ysts
from
tim
e to
tim
e. E
xper
ienc
e sh
arin
g al
low
s pr
oces
s an
alys
ts t
o ob
serv
ean
d de
pict
pa
ttern
s in
so
me
proc
esse
s ac
ross
th
e bu
sine
ss
dom
ain.
Fo
rex
ampl
e,
proc
ess
anal
ysts
re
spon
sibl
e fo
r de
finin
g pr
oces
ses
of
diffe
rent
prod
ucts
will
disc
over
am
ong
them
selv
es t
hat
no m
atte
r w
hat
prod
ucts
the
rear
e, t
rade
rs h
ave
to c
ompl
y w
ith c
usto
ms
regu
latio
ns i
n su
bmitt
ing
cust
oms
decl
arat
ions
fol
low
ing
sim
ilar
inst
ruct
ions
.
Alw
ays
reus
e pa
ttern
s (d
iagr
am o
f id
entic
al a
ctiv
ities
) w
here
app
licab
le,
as i
tsa
ves
time
and
ensu
res
the
cons
iste
ncy
of p
roce
sses
acr
oss
the
busi
ness
dom
ain.
Step
5:
Ana
lyse
the
“as
- is
”pr
oces
ses
and
iden
tify
bottl
enec
ks
A s
et o
f ob
serv
atio
ns o
f th
e “a
s-is
” pr
oc-
esse
s th
at
have
th
e po
tent
ial
to
be
im-
prov
ed
Dur
ing
the
inte
rvie
w, s
eek
inte
rvie
wee
s’ o
pini
ons
and
obse
rvat
ions
on
bottl
e-ne
cks
and
issu
es
rela
ted
to
the
proc
edur
al,
regu
lato
ry,
and
docu
men
tary
requ
irem
ents
tha
t sh
ould
be
impr
oved
and
how
to
impr
ove
them
.
Do
not
wai
t to
the
end
to
anal
yse
and
iden
tify
any
bottl
enec
ks
and
reco
m-
men
datio
ns
for
impr
ove-
men
t. R
athe
r, in
crem
enta
llyco
llect
th
em
alon
g va
rious
phas
es
of
the
proc
ess
anal
ysis
stu
dy.
Step
6:
Dev
elop
and
prop
ose
reco
mm
enda
tions
Fina
l re
port
with
re
com
men
datio
ns
for
proc
ess
sim
plifi
catio
n,
whi
ch
may
in
clud
edi
agra
ms
of “
to-b
e” b
usin
ess
proc
esse
s
Con
sult
rele
vant
st
akeh
olde
rs
to
find
out
the
limita
tion
of
wha
t ca
n an
dca
nnot
be
done
for
pro
cess
im
prov
emen
t re
com
men
datio
ns.
List
en t
o th
eir
reas
ons
why
a p
artic
ular
pro
cedu
ral,
regu
lato
ry,
or d
ocum
en-
tary
req
uire
men
t is
nec
essa
ry.
Do
not
assu
me
that
al
lpr
opos
ed r
ecom
men
datio
nsca
n be
im
plem
ente
d.
15
The steps within each phase require that aseries of activities be carried out. These activi-ties will be explained in Section 3B. It is highlyrecommended that validation and verificationactivities are embedded in each step to ensurethe accuracy and comprehensiveness of theoutputs. Such validation and verification canbe achieved through several rounds of a peerreview performed by relevant stakeholders ofthe business process analysis exercise. Re-finement shall be made until the quality ofoutputs is acceptable.
The six steps described in this guide, togetherwith deliverables of the business processanalysis report, are summarized in Table 3.2.The same table also provides guidance onwhat should be done (the “Do’s”) and whatshould be avoided (the “Don’ts”) in conductingthe business process analysis exercise.
3B INDIVIDUAL PHASES, STEPSAND ACTIVITIES
The rest of this Chapter will discuss the threephases of the business process analysis, de-tailed steps involved in each phase and activi-ties necessary to complete the steps.
Phase I: Scope setting
The objective of this phase is to establish abaseline for the implementation and manage-ment of a business process analysis project. Itconsists of two steps:
Step 1 - Define the project scopeStep 2 - Develop a detailed work plan andensure resources.
3. Business Process Analysis Guide to Simplify Trade Procedures
Step 1: Define the project scope
Step 1 aims at identifying a frame of referencefor further detailed business process modelingwork. Using the UML use case diagram, thisview illustrates the high-level business pro-cesses and actors associated with each ofthem.
This step includes seven necessary activities,as illustrated with the UML activity diagram inFigure 3.3. Its detailed description is providedbelow.
Activity 1.1
Project sponsor identifies “a business domain”of interest. A business domain is usually thename of the industry (such as frozen shrimpexport) or service (such as customs clearance)whose business processes are subject to thebusiness process analysis exercise. (See Box3.1 for an example)
To initiate a Business Process Analysis it iscrucial that the project sponsor clearly speci-fies:
• The stage of the international supply chainthat he/she is interested in analysing - i.e.“Buy”, “Ship”, or “Pay”; and
• The environment and conditions in whichthe industry of interest operates and whichshall be included in the BPA; i.e. mode oftransport, terms of delivery, terms of pay-ment, and country of destination (given thatregulatory requirements vary from onecountry to another).
Figure 3.2. Stakeholders involved in Step 1
1) Define projectdefinition
Process Participants/Business Domain Experts
Project Manager/Project Leader
Project SponsorThis UML use case diagram indicates that Step 1 “Defineproject scope” requires the participation from:– Project Sponsor– Project Manager/Project Leader– Process Participants/Business Domain Experts
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Box 3.1 Case study – define the project scope
Recognizing the need for a greater efficiency in documentary procedures related to international tradetransactions, Thailand has prioritized the establishment of the Single-Window e-Logistic Platform as the nationalflagship project. Progress towards the establishment of the Single-Window e-Logistic Platform was hindered byseveral factors, one of which was the absence of knowledge about the integrative nature of processesperformed by different parties and about information flow throughout the international supply chain.
In response to this shortfall, the Department of Export Promotion (under the Ministry of Commerce) commis-sioned an in-depth study on the export process with the following objectives:• To drive formalization of the export process;• To investigate interrelationships among processes, information, and stakeholders, as well as related laws and
regulations;• To provide a basis for simplification of procedural requirements and harmonization of data requirements; and• To facilitate automation of international trade transactions, and thus the establishment of the Single-Window
e-Logistic Platform.
Export processes vary by product. It is therefore not possible to carry out the study of the export process forall products at once. Given the resource constraints, it was decided to include only one product in the project.Products were prioritized and rated using the following criteria:• Strategic importance of the product on national economy;• Aggressiveness of competition; and• Degree of willingness of stakeholders to participate in data collection process.
Frozen shrimp was the product selected, based on the above criteria. It is one of the country’s strategic exportproducts. The export volume of shrimp has been growing for the past five years. The production of frozenshrimp, in addition, involves the whole chain of production from farmers to manufacturers, retailers, andsuppliers. About 80 percent of raw materials for production are sourced locally. Thai producers have beentargeted to differentiate their products to deal with direct competition with low-cost Chinese and Vietnameseshrimp. Rice and poultry are also considered as among Thailand’s strategic export products. However, relativelyclose connection with stakeholders from shrimp exporters, their logistics service providers, and relevantgovernment agencies gave relatively more confidence in achieving the goal of the project.
Source: ESCAP from The Analysis of Frozen Shrimp Export Process in Thailand, Institute for Innovative IT, Kasetsart University
Figure 3.3. Activities involved in Step 1
Project Manager/Project Leader
Process Participants/Business Domain Experts
Project Sponsor
Conductdesk research
Extract key processparticipants and
business processes
Visualizecollected
information
Use CaseDiagram
Review andprovide feedback
Inaccurate Accurate Approve
Identify abusiness domain
of interest
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Activity 1.2
Project manager/project leader conducts initialdesk research to identify core business pro-cesses that are related to the business domainof interest.
Activity 1.3
Project manager/project leader, based on re-search outcome, extracts key business pro-cesses associated with the industry or serviceof interest, as well as stakeholders who inter-act with those business processes.
Activity 1.4
Project manager/project leader documentscaptured core business processes and stake-holders of the business domain of interestusing UML Use Case notations (see table 2.1).
Project manager/project leaderuses the following notations:
- to depict core business pro-cesses;
- to depict each stakeholder, whois known as process participant/business domain expert; and
- to depict all actual associationsbetween business processes andprocess participants/business do-main experts.
When there are core sub-business processes,project manager/project leader may organizecore business processes into a process area.Boundaries may be used to group core
sub-business processes together.
An example of a UML use case diagram isgiven in Box 3.3.
Activity 1.5
Process participants/business domain expertsreview the use case diagram and providefeedback in terms of its accuracy as well assuggestions for further improvement.
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Box 3.2. Case study – scope of analysis
The Ministry of Commerce, represented by Department of Export Promotion, as a project sponsor, specifiedthat the analysis of the frozen shrimp export process covers all activities in the international trade transaction,which range from “the establishment of commercial contracts”, through “the arrangement of inland and cross-border transportation and export formalities to meet regulatory requirements” to “the payment of the purchasedcargo”. Due to the fact that mode of transport, terms of delivery, and terms of payment can vary, the projectsponsor agreed to the following assumptions made for the study:
• Ship: Shrimp exporters choose ocean freight as a mode of transport, as it is one of the cheapest andmost convenient ways to ship goods overseas.
• CIF (Cost, Insurance, and Freight): Shrimp exporters in most cases arrange and absorb the cost ofshipping their cargo to the port of destination. Minimum insurance coverage is also procured against lossof or damage to the goods during the carriage.
• FCL (Full Container Load): For simplicity, the analysis of frozen shrimp export process traces the operationof a sole exporter. It is also assumed that the whole container is intended for a single consignee.
• CY (Container Yard) Container Service: For simplicity, it is assumed that CY/CY container service is used.Under such service, the carrier delivers an empty container to exporter’s premises for loading and bringsthe loaded container back to the container yard. At the container yard, the container waits to be loadedonto the vessel. No unpacking or modification is made.
• L/C (Letter of Credit): For simplicity, a letter of credit is assumed as method of payment.
Source: ESCAP from The Analysis of Frozen Shrimp Export Process in Thailand, Institute for Innovative IT, KasetsartUniversity
Use case
Boundary
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Activity 1.6
Project manager/project leader revises and/orrefines the project scope where necessary,based on the feedback from process partici-pants/business domain experts.
Activity 1.7
Project sponsor approves the final version ofuse case diagram. The use case diagram actsas a baseline for planning, managing, andcarrying out the business analysis study.
Box 3.3. Case study – visualize the project scope
This UML use case diagram illustrates core business processes used when exporting frozen shrimp from Thailand.It provides the frame of reference for analysing the business processes in detail. The diagram lists all processparticipants/business domain experts, business processes, and the relationships among them.
The diagram shows that the scope of analysis will cover all activities in the international trade transaction,which include commercial procedures, transport procedures, regulatory procedures, and financial procedures.The core business processes are organized according to the UN/CEFACT “Buy-Ship-Pay” model. Given thatthe movement of cargo has to comply with regulatory requirements, transport procedures and regulatoryprocedures are closely related. Their main sub-processes are therefore grouped as “Ship”.
2) Ship
Authorized PrivateInspector Insurance
Company
InlandHaulage
Department ofFisheries
Carrier(Shipping Line)
PortAuthority
Department ofForeign Trade
Department ofConsular Affairs
The Central IslamicCommittee Office Thailand
Customs
Customs’Bank
2.1) Haveproduct sampled
and examined
2.2) Arrangetransport
2.3) Prepareexport permit
2.4) Apply forcargo insurance
2.5) Prepare andsubmit customs
declaration
2.6) Load containerand transfer to port
of departure
2.7) Clear goodsthrough customs
2.8) Handlecontainer and stow
it on vessel
2.9) Preparedocuments required
by importers
Exporter orRepresentative
1) BuyImporter
3) Pay
Importer’sBank
Exporter’sBank
Source: ESCAP from The Analysis of Frozen Shrimp Export Process in Thailand, Institute for Innovative IT, KasetsartUniversity
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3. Business Process Analysis Guide to Simplify Trade Procedures
Figure 3.4. Stakeholders involved in Step 2
2) Develop a detailedplan and secure
resources
Project Sponsor
Process Analysts
Project Manager/Project Leader
This process requires the participation from:– Project Manager/Project Leader– Project Sponsor– Process Analysts
Figure 3.5. Activities involved in Step 2
Project Manager/Project Leader Process Analysts Project Sponsor
Use CaseDiagram
Identify tasks andsequence of tasks
Estimate efforts
Develop projectschedule
Assign processanalysts
Derive thedetailed plan
DetailedProject Plan
Review andprovide feedback
Review andprovide feedback
Acceptable
Acceptable
Approve
Unacceptable
Unacceptable
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The use case diagram may be changed at alater stage if an inaccuracy is found. Therevised diagram should be approved by theproject sponsor before adopting it as a frameof reference.
Step 2: Develop a work plan and secureresources
The objective of this step is to develop adetailed work plan that guides and managesthe implementation of the business processanalysis. The work plan should be based onthe use case diagram developed in Step 1.
Based on the use case diagram, the workbreakdown structure, which is an output-ori-ented description of project tasks, can be de-veloped. This work breakdown structure thenprovides a starting point for estimating projectcosts, staffing and scheduling.
Figure 3.5 illustrates activities that a projectmanager/project leader has to carry out inthis step in cooperation with processanalysts and under the oversight of the projectsponsor. These activities are further explainedbelow.
Activity 2.1
Project manager/project leader identifies, insequential order, tasks required to derive eachoutput of the business process analysisproject. They include:
• Activity diagrams;• Process descriptions, including a list of
trade forms and documents as well as alist of trade-related laws, rules and regula-tions;
• Integrated activity diagram;• Time-procedure chart;• A list of identified bottlenecks; and• Recommendations to improve the business
process and/or to-be business processmodels.
To prepare the work breakdown structure of theproject, the project manager/project leaderneeds to anticipate project activities outlined inStep 3 onward. While Activity 3.1 – 3.3 andActivity 4.1 – 4.10 have to be carried out for all
6 Marchewka, J.T. (2006). Information TechnologyProject Management, 2nd ed. John Wiley & SonsInc., Hoboken, NJ.
core business processes represented by usecases in the use case diagram (see Box 3.4 foran example), the rest – including the develop-ment of integrated activity diagram, time-proce-dure chart, a list of identified bottlenecks, andrecommendations for future improvement –requires only a one-time implementation.
Activity 2.2
Project manager/project leader estimates theeffort (man-hours or man-days) needed tocomplete each identified task and to prepareall deliverables. There is no standard bench-mark time for each activity required to com-plete the business process analysis project.Likewise there is no one-size-fits-all solution todetermine the amount of required resources.However, the following approach may be help-ful for time and resource estimation:
• In conducting business process analysis,great time and effort is spent on collectingand compiling data into visual diagramsand written descriptions. There is a set ofsimilar project tasks for elaborating eachuse case into an activity diagram and pro-cess description. The more process partici-pants/business domain experts are involvedin a business process that is representedby a use case, the more complex andtime-consuming the business processanalysis will be.
• The first session of a face-to-face data-collection interview with each process par-ticipant/business domain expert who is apart of Phase II may take one to twohours. Given that the business processanalysis is an iterative task, the interviewwith relevant process participants/businessdomain experts may be conducted morethan once. However, the project teamsshould avoid conducting more than threeinterviews with the same process partici-pants/business domain experts.
• Project Evaluation and Review Technique(PERT) estimate6 might be used for thispurpose. (See Box 3.5)
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1) Buy
3) Pay
Exporter orRepresentative
Exporter orRepresentative
Exporter orRepresentative
Exporter orRepresentative
2.1) Have productsampled and
examined
2.2) Arrangetransport
Importer
Importer’s Bank
Importer
Exporter’s Bank
AuthorizedPrivate Inspector
Department ofFisheries
Inland Haulage
Carrier(Shipping Line)
Exporter orRepresentative
Exporter orRepresentative
Exporter orRepresentative
Exporter’s Bank
Exporter orRepresentative
Inland Haulage
Customs
2.7) Cleargoods through
customs
2.6) Stuff containerand transfer to port
of departure
2.5) Prepare andsubmit customs
declaration
2.4) Applyfor cargoinsurance
2.3) PrepareExport permit
Departmentof Fisheries
InsuranceCompany
Customs
Customs Bank
Inland Haulage
Customs
Port Authority
Exporter orRepresentative
Exporter orRepresentative
Exporter orRepresentative
2.8) Handlecontainer and
stow it on vessel
2.9) Preparedocuments required
by importers
Customs
Carrier(Shipping Line)
Port Authority
Departmentof Fisheries
Department ofForeign Trade
Department ofConsular Affairs
The CentralIslamic
CommitteeOffice Thailand
Source: ESCAP from The Analysis of Frozen Shrimp Export Process in Thailand, Institute for Innovative IT, KasetsartUniversity
Box 3.4. Case study – use cases of core business processes in frozen shrimp export
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Box 3.5. Project Evaluation and Review Technique (PERT) estimate
Project Evaluation and Review Technique (PERT) allows probabilistic treatment of activity duration in theestimation. PERT estimate may be used to compute weighted average for each individual task. A three-pointestimate includes pessimistic, most likely and optimistic. The equation is as follows:
Task Estimate = Optimistic Time + (4 * Most Likely Time) + Pessimistic Time 6
• The Optimistic Time is the minimum time in which a task can be completed. It is the best-case scenarioset under the assumption that everything goes as planned and no internal or external obstacles will occur.
• The Most Likely Time is an estimate of the expected time that is required to complete the task.• The Pessimistic Time is the maximum time of the worst-case scenario in which the task should be
completed.
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Activity 2.3
Project manager/project leader develops aproject schedule based on the following infor-mation:
• Set of tasks which are identified in a se-quential manner
• Project effort estimates
• Duration of the project stated in the con-tractual arrangement made with the projectsponsor.
Activity 2.4
Project manager/project leader assigns pro-cess analysts to the project. Once again thenumber of process analysts required dependson the project duration. The shorter the projectduration is, the larger the number of processanalysts is required. The responsibilities andrequired skills of process analysts are listed inBox 3.6.
Activity 2.5
Project manager/project leader compilesproject time and effort estimates, projectschedules, and project staff (process analysts)
into the detailed plan for project stakeholdersto review.
Activity 2.6
Project stakeholders review the detailed planand then provide feedback.
Activity 2.7
Project manager/project leader revises andrefines the detailed plan, based on the re-ceived feedback.
Activity 2.8
Project sponsor, in consultation with otherproject stakeholders, approves the detailedplan as the baseline for future project execu-tion, monitoring and evaluation.
Phase II: Data collection and processdocumentation
The knowledge about existing business pro-cesses is normally embedded in governmentor private sector employees who routinely con-duct the business processes. Such knowledgeis usually not documented, thus impossible toanalyse and improve further. The purpose of
Box 3.6. Responsibilities and required skills of process analysts
Process analysts are responsible for the following:
• Studying and analysing the current processes (“as-is” processes);• Creation of the business process model;• Developing recommendations how to improve the current processes; and• Designing the new processes (“to-be” processes) in collaboration with other stakeholders.
Process analysts should be selected based on the following skills.
• Technology skills: Although it is not necessary, basic knowledge of UML notations, especially in use casediagrams and activity diagrams is desirable. Related work experience is complementary.
• Business/organization skills: It is important that the selected process analysts know or have an access tothe individuals of the business domain subject to the business process analysis study. It is also very usefulif they have knowledge of a particular organization or industry associated with the targeted businessdomain.
• Interpersonal/communication skills: The ability of the selected process analysts to effectively communicateand interact with other project members is crucial to project success. They should have the ability tocreate and sustain reasonably good relationships with project stakeholders and especially ProcessParticipants/Business Domain Experts.
• Analytical skills: Ability to think analytically. They should be able to capture relevant information from verbalexpression and written documents. They should be able to summarize the information, as well as formulateand document the business processes.
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Phase II is to make the knowledge of thesebusiness processes readily available throughdocumenting them. The documentation thencan serve as a baseline to improve the pro-cesses.
Phase II includes two steps:
Step 3 - Acquire background informationStep 4 - Conduct interviews and docu-ment captured data
Step 3: Acquire background information
It is important that process analysts acquire atthe outset as much background information onthe business processes under examination aspossible, prior to the face-to-face interviews.Background information could be obtained viadesk research through information publiclyavailable on the Internet, information portals,and at inquiry points of the agencies or busi-nesses involved in the business domain ofinterest.
The background information is useful for pro-cess analysts in the preparation of interviewquestions and makes them better prepared toconduct face-to-face interviews. Moreover, itallows them to effectively and efficiently capturethe information and data to be collected duringthe face-to-face interviews and put these into abroader context. Stakeholders participating inthis step are shown in Figure 3.6.
Activities associated with gathering the back-ground information are described in Figure 3.7,and further explained below.
Activity 3.1
For each use case (see Box 3.4 for example),process analysts conduct desk research, whichinvolves the gathering of the background infor-mation, related laws and regulations from pub-licly accessible sources such as websites orinquiry points of relevant governmental agen-cies and business.
Activity 3.2
For each use case, process analysts system-atically record and organize relevant informa-tion into a folder. The folder should contain thefollowing information:
• Names of government and other agenciesand businesses responsible for carrying outrespective activities in the business pro-cesses under examination (e.g. chambersof commerce, in case of issuance of anon-preferential certificate of origin);
• Contact names and details of potentialinterviewees in the identified agencies andbusinesses, i.e. officer-in-charge at the op-erational level for each activity;
• Sequence of actions/activities in a process;i.e. processes and procedures required tomove goods across the border;
• Forms and documents associated witheach action/activity (import/export permits,SPS certificates7, certificates of origin,commercial invoice, customs declaration,etc.).
Activity 3.3 The project manager/project lea-der reviews the outcome of desk research,including the interview questions, and deter-mines whether process analysts are ready toproceed with the next step.
Step 4: Conduct interviews and documentcaptured data
The purpose of Step 4 is to conduct the face-to-face interviews with process participants/business domain experts. Face-to-face inter-views are the most commonly used data col-lection method for the business process analy-sis exercise. This process aims to confirm theaccuracy of the previously collected back-ground information in order to gain an in-depthunderstanding of each use case or core busi-ness process in question. Such comprehensiveinformation is necessary for creating a visualrepresentation as well as descriptive explana-tion for each use case.
Once the face-to-face interview sessions withthe relevant business process participants havebeen conducted, process analysts consolidateall inputs from interviewees and documentthem. There are three main outputs thatshould be delivered under Step 4:
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Figure 3.8. Stakeholders involved in Step 4
4) Conduct interviewsand documentcaptured data
Project Sponsor
Project Manager/Project Leader
Process Analysts
Process Participants/Business Domain Experts
This step requires the participation from:– Process Analysts– Process Participants/ Business Domain Experts– Project Manager/ Project Leader– Project Sponsor
Figure 3.6. Stakeholders involved in Step 3
Process Analysts
3) Acquire backgroundinformation
Project Manager/Project Leader
This step requires the participation from:– Project Analysts– Project Manager/Project Leader
Figure 3.7. Activities involved in Step 3
Process Analysts Project Manager/Project Leader
Conduct deskresearch
Record andorganize
information
Folder ofbackgroundinformation
Review and providefeedback
Insufficient
Sufficient
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• Activity diagrams
• Process descriptions, including a list of rel-evant forms and documents as well aslaws, rules and regulations
• Time-procedure charts
The stakeholders and activities involved in thisstep are shown in Figures 3.8. and 3.9.
Activity 4.1
Process analysts contact potential intervieweesby phone or email to agree on the date, timeand venue of the face-to-face interview. Asnoted before, potential interviewees are se-lected based on their involvement in a busi-ness process area of interest and the type ofinformation that they can provide. Process par-
Figure 3.9. Activities involved in Step 4
Project Manager/Project Leader Process Analysts Process Participants/Business Domain Experts
Project Sponsor
Oversee the conductof project tasks
Plan theinterview session
Invite potentialinterviewee
A list ofinterviewquestions
Conduct theinterview
Allocate time foran interview
Participate inthe interview
No
Yes
Consolidatecollected data
A set of activitydiagrams
Develop textualdescription
A set of processdescription
Integrateconsolidated data
Review andprovide feedback
Accurate Inaccurate
Review andprovide feedback
Accurate Inaccurate
Accurate Inaccurate
Review andprovide feedback
Integratedactivity diagram
Time-procedurechart
Prepare a submissionof all deliverables
A set of activitydiagrams
A set of processdescription
Integratedactivity diagram
Time-procedurechart
Acknowledge theproject progress
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ticipants/business domain experts who are incharge at the operational levels have relativelymore potential as interviewees, as they usuallydeal with respective procedures and formalitiesassociated with the business process of inter-est on a daily basis.
It is important that process analysts havesound communication skills. Prior to invitingthe potential interviewees, process analystsneed to introduce themselves in a polite,friendly, and professional manner. Processanalysts also need to clearly explain the pur-pose of the interview, how this interview willcontribute to the overall business processanalysis exercise, what will be the results ofthis exercise and how these will be used.Doing so allows them to establish a good
rapport with the potential interviewees. Estab-lishing a good rapport not only increases thechance of having potential intervieweesparticipate effectively in the planned face-to-face interview, but also helps create apleasant atmosphere during the interview.Pleasant atmosphere is a vital preconditionfor a successful and result-oriented interviewsession.
Activity 4.2
Process participants/business domain expertsdecide if they wish to participate.
If process participants/business domain expertsagree to participate, they inform process ana-lysts when it is convenient to have a face-to-face interview. If not, process analysts look for
Box 3.7. Examples of interview questions
Business process analysis:
• How many people are involved in this business process?• What are necessary activities that an exporter/importer has to take in order to acquire a particular
document?• What are supplementary documents that an exporter/importer has to submit along with the application form
when a particular document is requested?• How can an exporter/importer who is to submit the application form collect the requested document
(manually or electronically)?• Are copies of documents accepted in lieu of original documents?• Is there any fee that an exporter/importer has to pay in order to acquire the document? If so, how much?• What are the laws or regulations associated with these procedural and documentary requirements?• Which business processes can be carried out in parallel?• Which business process has to be carried out next?
Information flow analysis:
• With which other actor in the business do you need to communicate?• What kind of data do you exchange?• What kind of information do you send to which actor?
Time analysis:
• How much time, including waiting time, in average hours or days does it take to complete this entirebusiness process from the beginning to the end? What is the maximum and minimum time?
• How many actual man-hours does it require to complete this particular activity in this business process?
Cost analysis:
• How much on the average does it cost to complete this particular activity in this business process or toprocess one document?
Suggestions for improvement:
• What are problems/bottlenecks you encounter in procedures and regulations to import or export?• What are improvements that you would like to see in the near future?
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other potential interviewees who can substitutefor the person who rejected an interview.
Activity 4.3
Process analysts prepare a list of questionsbased on the background information acquiredearlier. The questions need to be easy tounderstand and structured in a logical se-quence to ensure the best possible result. Thequestions should allow the process analysts togain a better understanding of those pointsthey have previously found unclear. Examplesof such interview questions, which were gener-alized from the Frozen Shrimp Export ProcessAnalysis, are provided in Box 3.7.
Activity 4.4
Process analysts conduct the face-to-faceinterviews with the process participants/business domain experts. It is recommendedthat the following issues are taken intoaccount.
• Each face-to-face interview session is at-tended by one, or in specific cases, by atmaximum two process analysts. Having twoprocess analysts in the session is in factnecessary when the process analysts arerelatively new to the field, or have littleexperience in conducting business processanalysis.
• If the interview is tape recorded, it isnecessary to obtain permission from theinterviewee prior to the interview.
• Although the process analysts conduct theinterview session with prepared questionswhich are organized in a logical sequence,the interview is unlikely to be a questionand answer session. Therefore, it is recom-mended to keep the interview free-flowingand conversational, however within a basicstructured framework. The best way isto start with general questions to drawinformation about a particular businessprocess that is common to all operationalcases. The general questions are thenfollowed by more specific questions notonly to seek clarifications but also to iden-tify discrepancies and conditions wheresuch discrepancies occur. Process analystsshould adjust their questions according tohow the interviewee is responding. They
may also inject their opinions or ideas tostimulate the interviewee to express andelaborate his/her ideas related to the sub-ject matter.
• During the face-to-face interviews, the pro-cess analysts should also seekinterviewees’ opinions and observations onany bottlenecks and issues related to theprocess, documents, laws, and regulationsthat should be improved, why and how toimprove them.
• Process analysts should take notes care-fully. All points the interviewees makeshould be written down, even though theymay sound irrelevant at the moment.
• Process analysts should provide feedbackon statements made by the interviewees toconfirm their correctness and understandingof the obtained information.
• Process analysts should always respect thetime schedule. A summary of the majorpoints should be made before ending theinterview session.
Activity 4.5
Process analysts consolidate all the statementsmade by interviewees into an activity diagramfor each use case immediately upon their re-turn to the office. This work should be com-pleted within maximally two working days afterthe interview.
An activity diagram portrays a sequence ofactivities carried out to achieve a specificgoal. It illustrates detailed activities and flowsof information or documents from one respon-sible party to another in a given sequence.During this step, the process analysts mightdiscover common patterns in the activity dia-grams. Reusing these patterns helps avoidrepetition of work and save time. For example,the customs declaration process from the busi-ness process analysis of exporting frozenshrimp can be reused in a business processanalysis for exporting frozen poultry products.Table 2.2 presents the basic elements andnotations of an activity diagram that is appliedin this business process analysis study.Box 3.8 illustrates an example of an activitydiagram.
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Activity 4.6
Process participants/business domain expertsreview the activity diagrams and then providefeedback.
Activity 4.7
Process analysts revise and/or refine individualactivity diagrams, as necessary.
Activity 4.8Process analysts provide textual description ofindividual activity diagrams.
Process description has to include the follow-ing elements:a) The name of a process area which this
particular business process belongs to;b) The name of a business process;
Box 3.8. Case Study – Activity diagram of “Have the product sampled and examined”use case within the BPA of frozen shrimp export in Thailand
Authorized Private Inspector Exporter (or Representative) Department of Fisheries
Swimlane shows a boundary of activity to becarried out by a responsible actor.
Sequence of activitiescarried out to achieve
specific goals
Diamond indicates thepoint where a decision
has to be made.
Final flow state indicatesthat further activitiescannot be pursued.
Examinesample
Record the resultof examination
Test Report
Final state shows where thesequence of activities reachesits end with its goals achieved.
CollectTest Report
CollectTest Report
Object represents a documentor information that flows from
one activity to another.
Deliversample
Request forSampling
Collectsample
Submit Requestfor Sampling
Schedule thesampling date
Have product readyfor sampling
Initial state shows wherethe sequence ofactivities begins.
Notify the date forsample collection
Collectsample
Record samplingresult
Examinesample
Record result ofexamination
Test Report
Soure: ESCAP from the Analysis of Frozen Shrimp Export Process in Thailand, Institute for Innovative IT, KasetsartUniversity.
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c) Related rules and regulations;d) The name of responsible parties;e) Input and criteria to enter/begin the busi-
ness process;f) Procedures and associated documentary
requirements to complete the process;g) Output and criteria to exit the business
process; and
h) The average time required to completethe process and/or durations for each in-volved transaction.
Activity 4.9
Process participants/business domain expertsreview process description and then providefeedback.
Box 3.9. Integration of activity diagrams chart from the BPA of frozenshrimp export in Thailand
The above diagram illustrates the integration of some business processes (use cases) that have to be carried outin order to export frozen shrimp from Thailand. The use cases shown in this diagram include “prepare and submitcustoms declaration”, “load container and transfer to port of departure”, “clear goods through customs”, and“handle container at terminal and stow it on vessel”. In the horizontal swimlanes, all process participants involvedin exporting frozen shrimp from Thailand are listed. As can be seen from the top, they are Department of ConsularAffairs, the Central Islamic Committee Office Thailand, Department of Foreign Trade or Authorized Certificate ofOrigin Issuer, Importer’s Bank, Exporter’s Bank, Importer, Authorized Private Inspector, Exporter or Representa-tive, Department of Fisheries, Inland Haulage, Carrier (Shipping Line or Agent), Custom’s Bank, Port Authority.
Source: ESCAP from The Analysis of Frozen Shrimp Export Process in Thailand, Institute for Innovative IT, KasetsartUniversity
Port AuthorityInland Haulage
Prepareinformation for
cargo movement
Goods TransitionControl List
SubmitTKT. 308.2and pay entry fee
TKT. 308.2
Correct
Incorrect
Goods TransitionControl List Accept
Goods Transition
Control List Reject
Print out GoodsTransition Control List
and Prepare R. 9
Export License (R. 9)
Recordcargo/container
information
Transfer cargoto port
Acknowledgepayment ofentry fee
Measure weightof cargo/container
Inspect container conditionat time of gate in
EquipmentInterchange
Receipt (EIR)
Take cargo toSub-Gate
Prepare Requestfor Port Entry(TKT. 308.2)
Receipt
Ask for permissionto enter port at
Main GateRecord date-time
of port entryTake cargo to
point of containerinspection
Specify a point in a terminalWhere container will be placed
Prepare EIR
Receive EIR
Allocate equipmentfor cargo handling
Goods Transition
Control List
Packing List
Customs Exporter (or Representative)
Monitorcontainer stuffing
Monitorcontainer sealing
Verify
information
Customs
Prepare Declaration
information
Verify submittedinformation
Exporter’s Bank Customs’ Bank
Commercial Invoice
R. 9 Reference Number
Export Declaration
Order dutypayment
Declaration Accept
Payment Order
Declaration Reject
Deduct notifiedamount
Bank Statement
Acknowledgededuction for
duty payment
Debit Advice
Acknowledgeduty payment
Remittance Advice
Credit Advice
Acknowledgepayment transfer
Receipt No.
Update statusof Declaration
No duty
Duty
Correct
Incorrect
Exporter (or Representative)
ReceiveReceipt No.
CustomsInland Haulage
Retrieve declarationinformation
Cross check declarationinformation with handed
in documents
Questionable ofmisconduct
Allow goodsto be exported
Goods TransitionControl List Audit
Transfer containerto point of inspection
Inspectcargo
Record a case
to be filedMisconduct
not found
Misconduct
found
Export Permit (R. 9)
EquipmentInterchange Receipt
Goods TransitionControl List
Notifyquantity exported
R. 9 with information onactual quantity exported
Acknowledgeactual quantityto be exported
Exporter(or Representative)
Department ofFisheries
Acknowledgeactual quantityto be exported
Unquestionableof misconduct
Carrier(Shipping Line)
Record date-timeof when container
is stacked
ContainerLoading List
ContainerList Message
Coordinate a
transfer ofcontainer to berth
Coordinate atransfer of
container to berth
Record a numberof container
stowed on vessel
Outward Container List
Bill ofLading
Correct
PrepareManifest
Manifest
Port AuthorityInland HaulageCustomsExporteror Representative
Transfer containerto terminal
Coordinate containerhandling at terminal
Stack containerat terminal
Prepare ContainerLoading List
Allocaterequired
equipment
Transfercontainer to berth
Prepare OutwardContainer List
Stow containeron vessel
Determine servicecharge to be collected
Manage a stowing of
container on vessel
Receive
B/L
PrepareB/L
Acknowledgeand approve
Verify no. ofconsignments
exported withdeclarations
Incorrect
Acknowledge servicecharge to be paid
Exporter or
Representative
Importer
Exporter’s Bank
Importer’s Bank
Customs
Department of Foreign Trade(or Authorized CoOIssuer)
The Central Islamic
Committee OfficeThailand
PortAuthority
Department ofConsular Affairs
Insurance
Company
Carrier/Shipping Line
or Agent
Inland
Haulage
Department
of Fisheries
Authorized
Private Inspector
Customs’ Bank
ePrepare
Declaration
information
Verify submittedinformation
Commercial Invoice
R. 9 Reference No.
Export Declaration
Order duty
payment
Declaration
Accept
Payment
Order
Declaration Reject
Invoice Reject
and/or
Deduct
notified amount
Bank
Statement
Acknowledge
deduction forduty payment
Debit
Advice
Acknowledge
duty payment
Remittance
Advice
Credit
Advice
Acknowledgepayment transfer
Receipt No.Update status
of declaration
ReceiveReceipt No.
No duty
Duty
Correct
Incorrect
f f
g
f Prepare informationfor cargo movement
Monitor stuffing
of container
Monitor sealing
of containerGoods Transition
Control List
Submit Request forPort Entry and
pay entry fee
Verify
information
Goods TransitionControl List Reject
Prepare Request
for Port Entry
cTake empty container
to manufacturer
Request forPort Entry
(TKT. 308.2)
Goods Transition
Control List Accept
Print out Goods Transition
Control List and Prepare R. 9
Export License
(R. 9)
Record cargo/
containerinformation
Acknowledge
payment of
entry fee
Receipt
Transfer
cargo to port
Ask for permission
to enter portat Main Gate
h
Correct
Incorrect
Goods Transition
Control List
Exporter or
Representative
Importer
Exporter’s Bank
Importer’s Bank
Customs
Department of Foreign Trade
(or Authorized CoOIssuer)
The Central Islamic
Committee OfficeThailand
Port
Authority
Department of
Consular Affairs
InsuranceCompany
Carrier/Shipping Line
or Agent
Inland
Haulage
Departmentof Fisheries
Authorized
Private Inspector
Customs’ Bank
2.5) Prepare and
submit customs
declaration
2.6) Stuff container
and transfer to port
of departure
2.7) Clear goods
through customs
2.8) Handle container
at terminal and stow
it on vessel
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Activity 4.10
Process analysts revise and/or refine processdescription of each activity diagram, as neces-sary.
Activity 4.11
Process analysts work together to integrate allactivity diagrams of the business processesassociated with all use cases defined earlierinto a single integrated activity diagram. Theintegrated activity diagram represents aninterconnected view of business processesused in an industry or to provide a particularservice. It illustrates relationships between corebusiness processes, process participants, andinformation flow throughout the area underthe scope of the study. An example of anintegrated activity diagram is provided inBox 3.9.
Activity 4.12
Process analysts develop a time-procedurechart based on the average time required tocomplete one business process represented byone use case. The development of a time-procedure chart should be in line with theWorld Bank methodology used in the TradingAcross Borders study of the Doing Businessproject.8 An example of the time-procedurechart is provided in Box 3.10.
Activity 4.13
Process participants/business domain expertsreview the integrated activity diagram and time-procedure chart, and then provide a feedback.
Activity 4.14
Process analysts revise and/or refine the inte-grated activity diagram and time-procedurechart as necessary.
Activity 4.15
Project manager/project leader, in addition tooverseeing the project tasks carried out byprocess analysts, consolidate all deliverablesachieved in this step for a submission toproject sponsor.
Activity 4.16
Project sponsor acknowledges the completionof the documentation of existing business pro-cesses.
Phase III: Process analysis andrecommendationsdevelopment
A better understanding of the “as-is” processesis obtained once the processes are definedand documented. Activity diagrams, processdescriptions listing all documentary require-ments, the associated documents, laws, rules,and regulations as well as time-procedurecharts have been prepared to provide thestakeholders with an overall and integratedview of the current situation and the discov-ered problem areas. Based on these inputs,recommendations for improvement can be de-veloped. International recommendations ontrade and transport facilitation and best prac-tices such as UN/CEFACT Recommendation18 (see Box 3.11), can be considered andapplied. The logical steps in this phase in-clude:
Step 5 - Analyse the “as-is” processesand identify bottlenecksStep 6 - Develop and propose recom-mendations
Step 5: Analyse the “as-is” processes andidentify bottlenecks
The purpose of Step 5 is to identify the bottle-necks of the “as-is” processes described in theactivity diagrams, the process descriptions, andthe time-procedure chart. It aims at developinga set of observations related to the currentbusiness processes that have potential forimprovement, such as the identification ofduplicated and redundant procedural anddocumentary requirements which cause delays.Figure 3.10 shows stakeholders participatingin Step 5.
Illustration of necessary activities that have tobe conducted in order to analyse the “as-is”business processes and identify the bottle-necks is provided in Figure 3.11.
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Activity 5.1
Process analysts identify the bottlenecks andrecord observations related to the current “as-is” business processes that have the potentialfor improvement.
To locate the bottlenecks, process analystsmay first review the time-procedure chart, as itvisualizes those particular business processesthat require an extensive time to complete.They can then examine the relevant activitydiagram together with the associated processdescription to learn what may cause the longdelays. The potential causes of such problems
may include duplicated and redundant proce-dural and documentary requirements, as wellas outdated laws or unnecessary regulationsthat create operational obstacles.
Activity 5.2
Project manager, process participants/businessdomain experts, and project sponsor review aset of observations listing bottlenecks in the“as-is” business processes and provide feed-back.
Activity 5.3
Process analysts revise/refine it as necessary.
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This time-procedure chart is an illustration of the time required to complete each business process in thebusiness domain of interest. It assists the process analysts in spotting where possible bottlenecks are. Whileeach bar on the x axis represents an individual procedure within a business process, the y axis represents theaverage total time (number of days, in this case) required to complete that particular procedure.
Source: ESCAP from The Analysis of Frozen Shrimp Export Process in Thailand, Institute for Innovative IT, KasetsartUniversity
Box 3.10. The time-procedure chart from the BPA offrozen shrimp export in Thailand
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20
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1. Buy – Conclude sales contract and trade terms2. Have product sampled and technically examined3. Arrange transport4. Prepare export permit5. Apply for cargo insurance6. Prepare and submit customs declaration7. Stuff container and transfer it to port of departure8. Clear goods through customs9. Handle container at terminal and stow it on vessel10. Prepare documents required by importer as listed in L/C11. Pay – Claim payment of goods
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Box 3.11. UN/CEFACT Recommendation No. 18: Facilitation MeasuresRelated to International Trade Procedures
UN/CEFACT Recommendation No. 18 provides a comprehensive set of recommendations regarding interna-tional best practices and standards for the facilitation and harmonization of trade transactions. In order tounderstand the complexity of international trade, including the key elements of a trade transaction, UN/CEFACTdeveloped a model of the international supply chain. Based on this model, specific measures were developedto cover the key elements of the trade transaction process. These are presented under four major categories,namely: commercial measures; international payment measures; official control measures; and transport-relatedmeasures.
Recommendation No. 18 is targeted both at companies involved in the business of trade, and at nationalgovernments and national and international organizations related to trade. The Recommendation should beespecially relevant to transition and developing countries which can still significantly improve their economicperformance by streamlining international trade procedures. There are some general principles appropriate forofficials and a dedicated section: “Group 3: Measures related to official controls”. Here are some examples:
Procedures and data requirements
• Procedures should be kept to a minimum. They should be commercially oriented and relate closely totrade and transport requirements. Procedures should be simplified, harmonized and should comply withinternational standards.
• Data requirements should be kept to a minimum, and should be simplified, harmonized and standardized,to ease the information flow.
• Laws, regulations and other information regarding procedures and data requirements should be readilyaccessible to all parties concerned.
Information technology
• Transition strategies to replace paper documents by electronic information exchange or electronic docu-ments are common practice. The use of information and communication technology and the resultingelectronic solutions should be encouraged.
Recommended measures related to official controls
• Predictability: The time required, the procedures used and the fees related to official regulations shouldbe predictable.
• Transparency: All relevant information of general application pertaining to official rules and regulations,including information about procedures and control requirements, should be made available to the businesscommunity as well as to government bodies.
• Cost-benefit analysis: Before introducing new requirements or prolonging existing rules for inspection,control and testing of goods in international trade, the authorities concerned should make cost and benefitassessments of proposals in consultation with the business community.
These recommendations provide further input for possible improvements at this stage of the BPA. Several “to-be” models might be set up to and compared to identify the optimal solution.
UN/CEFACT Recommendation No.18 can be downloaded in English, French and Russian version from: http://www.unece.org/cefact/recommendations/rec_index.htm
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Figure 3.10. Stakeholders involved in Step 5
5) Analyze the “as-is”processes and identify
bottlenecks
Project Sponsor
Project Manager/Project Leader
Process Analysts
Process Participants/Business Domain Experts
This step requires the participation from:– Process analysts– Process Participants/ Business
Domain Experts– Project Manager/ Project Leader– Project Sponsor
Figure 3.11. Activities involved in Step 5
Process Analysts
Unacceptable
Project Manager/Project Leader
Process Participants/Business Domain Experts
Project Sponsor
A set ofactivity
diagrams
A set ofprocess
description
Integratedactivitydiagram
Time-procedure
chart
Identifybottlenecks
A set of observations listingbottlenecks in the “as-is”
business processes
Review andprovide feedback
Incomplete Complete Review andprovide feedback
Acceptable
Approve
Inaccurate
Accurate Review andprovide feedback
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Activity 5.4
Project sponsor, in consultation with processparticipants/business domain experts andproject manager/project leader, approves theobservations.
Step 6: Develop and proposerecommendations
The objective of this step is to develop andpropose recommendations that help eliminatebottlenecks and inefficiencies of proceduresand documentary requirements within the ex-amined business process. Such recommenda-tions can also focus on enhancing transpar-ency in trade procedures or introduce newsecurity measures that would not be contradic-tory to trade facilitation. The measurable ben-efits of implementing such recommendationsmay include the reduction in time and cost ininternational trade, as well as an increase intrade and foreign direct investment.
Figures 3.12 and 3.13 illustrate the stakehold-ers and activities involved in this step.
Activity 6.1
Process analysts develop and propose recom-mendations for business process improvement.Business process improvement can take vari-ous forms. It may include the following mea-sures:
• Elimination of redundant procedures
• Merging of some procedures that may alsolead to the elimination of duplicate or un-necessary documentary requirements
• Modification of relevant laws and regula-tions in a way that better facilitate businessoperations
• Automation of relevant procedures anddata exchange.
For example, the automation of paper-basedtransactional operations can be either imple-mented as a full-scale trade and transportinformation exchange among stakeholders(paperless trade) or automated customsclearance systems such as ASYCUDA.9UN/CEFACT Recommendation No. 18 on Fa-cilitation Measures Related to InternationalTrade Procedures may provide backgroundinformation on trade facilitation measures, in-cluding how to simplify and harmonize the tradetransaction procedures, documentary require-ments, rules, and regulations (see Box 3.11).
In line with the recommendations, processanalysts prepare a set of responding activitydiagrams that represents the “to-be” businessprocesses.
Activity 6.2
Process participants/business domain experts,project manager/project leader, and projectsponsor review and provide feedback on pro-posed recommendations for the business pro-cess improvement, which may include a set ofactivity diagrams representing the future “to-be”business processes. The proposed recommen-dations and the newly designed business pro-cesses may act as an intuitive tool to supporta discussion with the corresponding authori-ties.
Activity 6.3
Process analysts gather the feedback and re-vise and refine the recommendations and theactivity diagrams representing the “to-be” busi-ness processes as necessary.
Activity 6.4
Project sponsor, in consultation with processparticipants/business domain experts, approvesthe recommendations.
9 ASYCUDA (Automated System for Customs Data -http://www.asycuda.org) is a computerized customsmanagement system, developed and provided byUNCTAD. The system handles manifests and cus-toms declarations, accounting procedures, transit andsuspense procedures.
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Figure 3.13. Activities involved in Step 6
Process Analysts Project Manager/Project Leader
Process Participants/Business Domain Experts
Project Sponsor
A set of observations listingbottlenecks in the “as-is”
business processes
Review andprovide feedback
Review andprovide feedback
Review andprovide feedback
Incomplete Complete
Inaccurate
Accurate
Unacceptable
Acceptable
Approve
Develop andpropose
recommendations
Recommendationsfor processesimprovement
A set of activitydiagrams for
“to-be” processes
Figure 3.12. Stakeholders involved in Step 6
6) Develop and proposerecommendations
Project Sponsor
Project Manager/Project Leader
Process Analysts
Process Participants/Business Domain Experts
This step requires the participationfrom:– Process Analysts– Process Participants/ Business
Domain Experts– Project Manager/ Project Leader– Project Sponsor
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Trade facilitation measures such as the simpli-fication, harmonization, and automation of pro-cedures and documents involve interagencycoordination and collaboration. Their successfulimplementation requires not only political andgovernmental support in terms of both policydirectives and human and financial resources,but also an in-depth understanding about exist-ing business processes, including their relatedinformation flows, laws, rules, and regulations.
Analysis of business processes involved inmoving goods across borders is, therefore, anecessary exercise that must be carried outprior to implementing any other trade facilita-tion measure. Trade facilitation measures, inother words, cannot be applied without locatingthe source of problem areas, bottlenecks andredundancies.
The following recommendations are outlined toassist the policymakers and trade facilitationpractitioners in setting up the BPA project.
• Get buy-in from the officials: Convey thenecessity of trade facilitation and businessprocess analysis through awareness-raisingprogrammes – starting at the top. Educateboth relevant government officials and thetrade and transport community on the ne-cessity of business process analysis andits potential return on investment for allstakeholders in the long run.
• Adequate resources: Secure adequatehuman resources and funding. Obtain amandate from top government officials forthe members of the business processanalysis team, which may be from anoutsourced third party.
• Roles and responsibilities of the projectstakeholders: Identify clearly the roles ofagencies, as a project sponsor, project
4. RECOMMENDATIONS FORIMPLEMENTATION
manager/project leader, process partici-pants/business domain experts.
• Choose a champion: Determine a leadagency that is capable of guiding the conductof BPA and facilitating the communicationamong business process analysis stakehold-ers. Choose the business process analysischampion wisely. Avoid the “ivory tower dicta-tor” approach. Instead, nominate the partywith efficient and effective team-player skills.
• Start small, and then evolve: Chose theright starting point and form an effectiveteam, which is critical to succeed. If the teammembers of the business process analysisproject are new to the BPA, start with arelatively smaller scope. See what works forthe project and learn from that. Drop stepsthat do not work. It is important to start smalland demonstrate success, then to build onthat success. As a general rule, the widerthe scope, the more difficult it is to choreo-graph the initial project, but the bigger is theopportunity to improve processes.
• Profit from experience: Keep in mind thatthe learning experience gained during theinitial phase helps accelerate the businessprocess analysis tasks at the later stage.Make use of the learning effect; start withsimple processes and engage complex is-sues later on. This avoids frustration andrepetition of efforts. Also try to benefit frominternational best practice and expertise.Studies and case studies can be obtainedfrom various standard development organi-zations and trade facilitation bodies.
• Invest in training: Train the staff that dis-seminates relevant knowledge about thebusiness process analysis and familiarizethe business process analysis team aboutthe common methodology that all membersmust follow.
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10 Refer to the World Bank’s study on Trading acrossBorders as one of the performance benchmarkings,http://www.doingbusiness.org
• Performance measurement: Set realisticbenchmarks to be achieved after the “to-be” processes are in place. Performanceindicators of an optimum best practicecountry10 can be taken as a model.
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5. GLOSSARY
Activity Diagram – a graphical representationthat describes the flow of activities carried outby stakeholders involved in a particular busi-ness process. The activity diagram is a type ofdiagram that uses a set of notations definedby the Unified Modeling Language (UML).
Automation – the application of informationand communication technologies to facilitatethe manual operation of business processes.
Business Process – a logical series of relatedtransactions that converts input to results oroutput. A business process considered withinthe frame of trade facilitation in this paper canbe defined as “a chain of logically connectedactivities to move goods and related informa-tion across borders from buyer to seller and toprovide related services”.
Business Process Model – a graphical repre-sentation of a business process. It illustrates(i) activities performed and decision points, (ii)actors who perform those activities, (iii) activi-ties’ input and output, (iv) alternate routes ofactivities subject to different business rulesand conditions, and (v) criteria for entering andexiting the business process. The processmodel also demonstrates how the various ac-tors relate to one another and how the infor-mation flows throughout the business process.The process model has become increasinglyimportant in the area of trade facilitation. Itserves as an organizational blueprint that facili-tates the identification of bottlenecks, theprioritization of areas for improvement and im-provement strategies, and the design of auto-mated systems to promote paperless trade. Italso enables the benchmarking of process im-provement after implementing the improvementinitiatives.
Business Process Modeling – a technique fordocumenting business processes where each
element of the business process is repre-sented by graphical notations. Unified Model-ing Language (UML) provides graphical nota-tions for business process modeling that areaccepted and widely used not only amongpractitioners in business community but alsothose in information technology and softwareindustry. Business process modeling can beachieved by a simple drawing with paper andpencil or a software tool.
Harmonization – the effort to align procedural,regulatory, and/or documentary requirementswith relevant standards.
Business Process Analysis – a systematic ex-amination of business processes in order togain better understanding and to develop im-provement strategies.
Simplification – the effort to reduce complexity,in our context, of the trade and transport facili-tation processes and documentary require-ments.
Single Window – a facility that allows partiesinvolved in trade and transport to lodge stan-dardized information and documents with aSingle Window entry point to fulfil all import,export and transit-related regulatory require-ments. If information is electronic, then indi-vidual data should only be submitted once.UN/CEFACT Recommendation No. 33 andCase Studies on Implementing a Single Win-dow can be found at:http://www.unece.org/cefact/single_window/welcome.htm/.
Time-Procedure Chart - a chart illustrating rela-tionships between each business process andtime (normally in days) required to completeeach business process in the business domainof interest. While each bar on the x axisrepresents a business process (procedure), the
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height of the bar associated with the timescale on the y axis represents the averagetotal time required to complete that particularbusiness process.
Trade Facilitation – measures used to simplifyand harmonize procedural, regulatory, and/ordocumentary requirements associated with theinternational supply chain.
UN/CEFACT Recommendations – a series ofmore than 30 recommendations developed andmaintained by the United Nations Center forTrade Facilitation and Electronic Business (UN/CEFACT). These recommendations are used
worldwide as an international best practice tosimplify and harmonize trade procedures andinformation flow.
Unified Modeling Language – a standardizedvisual specification language for business pro-cess and information modeling.
Use Case – a UML notation representing abusiness process.
Use Case Diagram – a graphical representa-tion that illustrates major elements of the busi-ness domain which includes relevant businessprocesses and their stakeholders.
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7. ANNEX
BUSINESS PROCESS ANALYSISOF THE EXPORT OF JASMINERICE IN THAILAND
This set of diagrams represents business proc-esses involved in exporting a full container loadof jasmine rice from Thailand by maritime trans-port. The study limits the scope of analysis tothe delivery of the consignment under the C.I.F.term and the payment by using the letter ofcredit. In fulfilling procedural and documentaryrequirements involved in exporting Thai jasminerice, the exporter indirectly or directly deals with15 parties. The number of parties that theexporter has to deal with will go up to 17 if theimporter requests for the Certificate of Fruit,Food, Vegetable Quarantine and the legalizationof trade documents. These parties are 1) ex-porter or representative, 2) importer, 3) export-er’s bank, 4) importer’s bank, 5) insurancecompany, 6) authorized private inspector, 7)inland haulage, 8) carrier (shipping line), 9) Port
Authority, 10) Office of Commodity Standards,11) Department of Foreign Trade, 12) Depart-ment of Agriculture, 13) Board of Trade ofThailand, 14) Customs, 15) Thai Chamber ofCommerce, 16) Department of Disease Control,and 17) Department of Consular Affairs.
Business processes in the scope of this analy-sis are categorized into 3 groups according toUN/CEFACT International Supply Chain Model.The first group of business processes is called“Buy”. It is concerned with the conclusion oftrade terms and the establishment of salescontract. The second group of business proc-esses under investigation is called “Ship”. Thisgroup of business processes has broad cover-age. It ranges from the arrangement of inlandand cross-border transportation to the conductof other necessary actions to meet regulatoryrequirements of both export and import coun-tries. The last group of business processes inthis study is called “Pay” which is about theclaim for payment of goods.
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Importer
Importer’sBank
Exporter’sBank
Exporter orRepresentative
1) Buy
3) Pay
2) Ship
A
N
B
C
D
E
F
G
H
I
J
K
L
M
InsuranceCompany
AuthorizedPrivate Inspector
InlandHaulage
Board of Tradeof Thailand
Office ofCommodityStandards
Department ofForeign Trade
Department ofAgriculture
Carrier(Shipping Line)
PortAuthority
Department ofConsular
AffairsThai Chamberof CommerceDepartment of
Disease Control
Customs
2.1) ObtainExport Permit
2.2) Arrangetransport
2.3) Arrangethe inspection and
fumigation
2.4) Obtain cargoinsurance
2.5) Providecustoms
declaration
2.6) Collectempty container (s)
from yard
2.7) Stuffcontainer (s)
2.8) Transferto port ofdeparture
2.9) Cleargoods through
customs
2.10) Handlecargo and stow
on vessel
2.11) Preparedocuments required
by importer
2.12) Verify theaccuracy/authenticity
of exported cargo
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For the single consignment category, there are 928 data elements in total and 362 withoutduplicates. These numbers are inclusive of 42 optional data elements that customs would like tocollect but they are not mandatory for exporter to provide. For the multiple consignment category,there are 111 data elements in total and 83 without duplicates.
Following are the diagrams of the business process analysis of the export of jasmine rice inThailand.
Annex Table 1: List of Documents
22. House Sea Cargo Manifest (37)
23. Export Declaration (75,39)
24. Good Transition Control List (22,3)
25. Application for Permission to ExportRice (KP. 2)
26. Sales Report (KP 3) (21)
27. Application for the Collection of thePermit for the Export of Rice (A. 3)
28. Permit for the Export of Rice (A. 4) (32)
29. Application for Certificate of Standardsof Product (MS. 13/1) (44)
30. Certificate of Analysis (17)
31. Certificate of Product Standards (MS.24/1) (45)
32. Certificate of Fumigation (21)
33. Application for Phytosanitary Certificate(PQ. 7) (29)
34. Phytosanitary Certificate (34)
35. Application for Certificate of Origin
36. Certificate of Origin (38)
Conditional
1. Application for Certificate of Fruit, Food,Vegetable Quarantine
2. Certificate of Fruit, Food, VegetableQuarantine
3. Legalization
1. Proforma Invoice (35)
2. Purchase Order (39)
3. Commercial Invoice (50)
4. Application for Letter of Credit (24)
5. Letter of Credit (32)
6. Packing List (25)
7. Cargo Insurance Application Form (20)
8. Cover Note (23)
9. Insurance Policy (24)
10. Booking Request Form – BorderCrossing (24)
11. Booking Confirmation – Border Crossing(31)
12. Booking Request Form – InlandTransport (16)
13. Booking Confirmation – Inland Transport(18)
14. Bill of Lading (40)
15. Empty Container Movement Request(TKT 305) (19)
16. Request for Port Entry (TKT 308.2) (27)
17. Equipment Interchange Report (EIR)(24)
18. Container Loading List (18)
19. Container List Message (32)
20. Outward Container List (34)
21. Master Sea Cargo Manifest (17)
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Exporter orRepresentative
Importer
Not acceptable
Cancel
Acceptable
Quote price and termof trade
Proforma Invoice
Prepare the shipmentof goods
Purchase Order
Confirm the intent topurchase
Buy
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Exporter or Representative Department of Foreign Trade
Incorrect
Correct
Prepare documentsfor the applicationof export permit
Draft Permit for theExport of Rice (A. 4)
Sales Report (KP 3)
Evidence of Sales(Purchase Order or
Sales Contract)
Application for Permissionto Export Rice (KP.2)
Application for the Collectionof the permit for the Export
of Rice (A. 3)
Collect A. 4
Verify submittedinformation
Sign andauthenticate A. 4
Permit for the Exportof Rice (A. 4)
Obtain export permit
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Carrier (Shipping Line) Inland Haulage Exporter or Representative
Incorrect
Correct
Incorrect
Correct
Acknowledgebooking
confirmation
BookingConfirmation
Acknowledgebooking
BookingRequest
Schedule thepick-up anddelivery ofcontainer
Draft Billof Lading
Acknowledgebooking
BookingRequest
Reserve cargospace and vessel
Arrange transport
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Board of Tradeof Thailand
Authorized PrivateInspector
Exporter or Representative Office of CommodityStandards
Department ofAgriculture
Verify submittedinformation
Record thereceipt ofMS. 13/1
RegisteredMS. 13/1
Request the Inspectionand fumigation of
goods
Application forCertificate ofStandards of
Product(MS. 13/1)
Application forPhytosanitary
Certificate (PQ.7)
Permit for theExport of Rice
(A. 4)
Evidence ofSales (PurchaseOrder or Sales
Contract)
Verify submittedinformation
Record thereceipt of PQ. 7
RegisteredPQ.7
Schedule theinspection and
fumigation
RegisteredMS. 13/1
BookingRequest
RegisteredPQ.7
RegisteredPQ.7
Acknowledgeservice request
RegisteredMS. 13/1
ServiceConfirmation
Acknowledgeservice
confirmation
Acknowledgeinspectionschedule
Acknowledgefumigationschedule
Arrange the inspection and fumigation
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Exporter or Representative Insurance Company
apply for cargoinsurance
Cargo InsuranceApplication Form Letter of Credit
CommercialInvoice Packing List Draft Bill
of Lading
Receive insurancecoverage
Submit Transportcontract
Bill of Lading
Collect InsurancePolicy
Arrange the payment ofinsurance premium
Receive the payment ofinsurance premium
Insurance Policy
Issue InsurancePolicy
Cover Note
Approve the insurancecoverage
Refuse
Accept
Obtain cargo insurance
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Exporter or Representative Customs
Incorrect
Correct
Prepare Declarationinformation
Commercial Invoice
No. of Permit for the Exportof Rice (A. 4)
Export Declaration
Acknowledge the receiptof declaration no.
Declaration Reject
Verify submittedinformation
Declaration Accept
Provide customs declaration
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Collect empty container(s) from yard
Carrier (Shipping Line) Port Authority Inland Haulage
Single payment Bulk payment
Request the permission tomove empty container(s) to
exporter’s premise
Empty ContainerMovement Request
(TKT. 305)
Make payment
Collect paymentof port charges
Receipt
Allocate requiredequipment
Lift containeron to haulage
Record forpayment to bemade in bulk
Take haulage tocontainer yard
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Authorized Private Inspector Department of Agriculture Exporter of representatiive Office of CommodityStandards
Board of Trade ofThailand
Inland Haulage
Randomlyselected
Poor
Fine
Unnecessary
Necessary
Unsatisfactory
Satisfactory
MS. 24/1
IssueMS. 24/1
Receive a copyof MS. 24/1
CollectMS. 24/1
Request theissuanceMS. 24/1Certificate of
Analysis
CompletedMS. 13/1
Conductlaboratory
examination
Certificate ofFumigation
CompletedPO. 7 Seal
the cargo
Recordfumigation
method
Monitor thefumigation
Fumigatethe cargo
RegisteredPO. 7
Stuff a container
Stuff a container
Examinephysicalcondition
Collectsample
RegisteredMS. 13/1
Monitor theinspection
Packing List
Prepare goodsfor stuffing Transfer a
container to awarehouse
Randomlynot selected
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Transfer to port of departure
Customs Exporter or Representative Inland Haulage Port Authority
Incorrect
Correct
Goods TransitionControl List Reject
Prepareinformationfor cargomovement
PrepareRequest forPort Entry
(TKT. 308.2)
Submit TKT. 308.2and pay entry fee
GoodsTransition
Control List
Goods Transition ControlList Accept
Verifyinformation
Request forPort Entry
(TKT. 308.2)
Print out GoodsTransition Control List
Goods TransitionControl List
Ask for permissionto enter portat Main Gate
Transfer cargoto port
Take cargo topoint of container
inspection
Recordcargo/container
information
Acknowledgepayment of
entry fee
Receipt
Record date-timeof port entry
Measure weight ofcargo/container
Inspect container conditionat time of gate in
Specify a point in a terminalWhere container will be placed
Prepare EIR
Equipment InterchangeReceipt (EIR)
Allocate equipmentfor cargo handling
Take cargo toSub-Gate
Receive EIR
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Clear goods through customs (container)
Inland Haulage Customs Exporter (or Representative)
EquipmentInterchange Receipt
Goods TransitionControl List
Transfer container topoint of inspection
Retrieve declarationinformation
Cross check declarationinformation with handed
in documents
Inspectcargo
Record a caseto be filed
Record thequantity exported
Goods TransitionControl List Audit
Acknowledge actualquantity of goods
to be exported
Misconductnot foundMisconduct
found
Randomly selected
Randomly notselected
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Exporter orRepresentative
Customs Carrier (Shipping Line) Inland Haulage Port Authority
Handle container and stow on vessel
Transfer containerto terminal
Stack containerat terminal
Record date-timeof when container
is stacked
Coordinate atransfer of
container to berth
Allocaterequired
equipment
Transfercontainer to berth
Stow containeron vessel
Record a numberof container
stowed on vessel
Prepare OutwardContainer List
Outward Container List
Determine servicecharge to be collected
Acknowledge servicecharge to be paid
Verify no. ofconsignmentsexported withdeclarations
Acknowledgeand approve
Correct
Incorrect
Bill ofLading
Manifest
ReceiveB/L
PrepareManifest
PrepareB/L
Manage a stowing ofcontainer on vessel
Coordinate atransfer of
container to berth
ContainerList Message
ContainerLoading List
Prepare ContainerLoading List
Coordinate containerhandling at terminal
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Exporter or Representative
Prepare documents required by importer
Department of ForeignTrade or ThaiChamber ofCommerce
Department ofAgriculture
Department ofDisease Control
Department ofConsular Affairs
Prepare documents forthe application of documents
required for importingjasmine rice
CommercialInvoice
Bill of LadingLetter of
CreditMS. 24/1
Applicationfor Certificate
of Origin
Certificate ofOrigin
Bill of Lading
CompletedApplication forPhytosanitary
Certificate(PQ. 7)
Certificate ofFumigation
Application forCertificate ofFruit, Food,
and VegetableQuarantine
Verify submittedinformation
Issue andauthenticate the
certificate
Certificate ofOrigin
PhytosanitaryCertificate
Issue andauthenticate the
certificate
Verify submittedinformation
Verify submittedinformation
Issue andauthenticate the
certificate
Certificate ofFruit, Food,
and VegetableQuarantine
Legalizesubmitteddocuments
Collect documentsrequired for importing
jasmine rice
Copy ofApplicant’s ID
Certificate ofFruit, Food,Vegetable
Quarantineand copy
Certificate ofOrigin and
copy
PhytosanitaryCertificateand copy
Collectlegalized
documents
Legalizationnot required
Legalizationrequired
Correct
Incorrect
Incorrect
Incorrect
Required
Not required
Correct
Correct
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Verify the accuracy and authenticity of exported cargo
Office of CommodityStandards
Exporter or Representative Customs Department ofForeign Trade
Prepare documentsto declare the actual
amount exported
Prepare documentsfor submitting to
Customs at port of exit
Permit for the Exportof rice (A. 4) with
actual quantityexported
Certificate of Standardsof Products (MS. 24)with actual quantity
exported
Evidence of Sales(Purchase Order of
Sales Contract)
Acknowledgethe providedinformation
Acknowledgethe providedinformation
Acknowledgethe providedinformation
Record the actualquantity exportedand released date
Permit for the Exportof Rice (A. 4) with
actual quantityexported
Certificate of Standardsof Products (MS. 24)with actual quantity
exported
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Exporter or Representative Exporter’s Bank Importer’s Bank Importer
Pay
Apply for L/C
Proforma Invoice
Application for L/C
Verify submittedinformation
Issue L/C
L/C(Letter of Credit)
Call for thecollection of L/C
Arrange thefee payment
Collect L/C
Prepare documentsrequired during importation
as listed in L/C
Notify the declinefor the payment
of goods
Decline the requestto make payment
of goods
CommercialInvoice
PackingList
InsurancePolicy
Bill ofLading
PhytosanitaryCertificate
Certificateof Origin
Other documentrequired by L/C
Request thepayment of goods
Verify submitteddocuments
Forward submitteddocuments
Verify submitteddocuments
Verify submitteddocuments
Make thepayment
Collect documentsrequired for import
Transfer thepayment
Collect thepayment
Transfer thepayment
Receive thepayment
Not Approved
Approved
Fail to meet conditions in L/C
Meet conditions in L/C
Meet conditionsset in L/C
Fail to meetconditionsset in L/C
NotApproved
Approved
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The Time-Procedure Chartform the Business Process Analysis of Jasmine Rice Export from Thailand
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1. Buy – Conclude sales contract and trade terms2. Obtain export permit3. Arrange transport4. Arrange the inspection and fumigation5. Obtain cargo insurance6. Provide customs declaration7. Collect empty container(s) from yard
8. Stuff container(s)9. Transfer to port of departure10. Clear goods through customs11. Handle container at terminal and stow on vessel12. Prepare documents required by importer13. Verify the accuracy/authenticity of exported cargo14. Pay – Claim payment of goods
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United Nations publicationSales No. E.09.II.F.21Copyright © United Nations 2009ISBN: 978-92-1-120588-6ST/ESCAP/2558
United Nations publicationPrinted in BangkokDecember 2009 – 630
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