While digital twins are not a new phenomenon, as the world grows more unpredictable and more interconnected, more companies are starting to support the evolution of their operations and processes fast and at scale. In addition, as analytics, modeling, and simulation tools have become more sophisticated, these digital doppelgangers are becoming more robust, providing richer insights and feedback.

As companies seek instant and ongoing adaptability in response to changes in their markets or customer behaviors, they need a way to minimize risk and disruption. That鈥檚 the value of a digital twin 鈥� giving organizations the ability to quickly determine where they stand, model and simulate the impact of planned changes, and then measure actual results of the model, learn, and adjust, thereby establishing a continuous improvement loop.

According to the report, 鈥淭he first step in creating a DTO is to map an accurate and comprehensive virtual representation of the organization鈥檚 processes鈥� as a way to balance inside-out and outside-in perspectives of the business. From there, a number of potential tools and technologies are required for the creation and ongoing management of a robust digital twin, including:

• Enterprise architecture planning software for creating a holistic view of IT infrastructure
• Modern business process software for end-to-end process observability
• Process analysis for strategy alignment
• Process management for tracking performance
• Process mining to optimize new models
• Process automation to automate recurring tasks
• Ability to ingest real-time data for running simulations

These criteria align with our own vision for helping companies gain complete end-to-end process observability. According to Sofia Ali, analyst, Quadrant Knowledge Solutions, 鈥溌槎乖� Signavio is capable of catering to the diverse customer needs across industry verticals, with its comprehensive capabilities, compelling customer references, comprehensive road map and vision, and product suite with high scalability.鈥�

But we won鈥檛 be resting on our laurels. We continue to innovate, working with partners and customers to increase the value of our solutions while simplifying implementation and providing better integration into key operational systems and data sources. Already this year we have released two unique solutions to the market. 麻豆原创 Signavio Process Explorer, released in January, can provide best-in-market guidance on how to quickly identify and prioritize next steps in business process optimization projects. In May, we introduced our unique plug-and-gain approach, created to help bridge the gap between business and IT, enabling organizations to prepare faster, deploy faster, and realize continuous value.

Expect to see more cutting-edge developments coming within the 麻豆原创 Signavio portfolio in the near future as we continue to expand our , , to extend the value of our solutions, and .

SPARK Matrix™ includes a detailed analysis of global market dynamics, major trends, and the vendor landscape as well as evaluates 19 leading DTO vendors. Each market participant is analyzed against several parameters of Technology Excellence and Customer Impact. .

Gero Decker is general manager at 麻豆原创 Signavio.
Rouven Morato is chief revenue officer at 麻豆原创 Signavio.

The combined power of 麻豆原创 and 麻豆原创 Signavio allows customers to achieve radical reductions in the costs and time it takes to plan, deploy, and optimize any business process transformation and continually identify and adjust processes to run at their best given current company and market conditions.

New 鈥淧lug and Gain鈥� Approach Compresses Project Timelines from Months to Days

Customers using can now radically accelerate transformation projects by leveraging a new approach called that brings together the combined value of in a way that allows ERP customers to prepare faster, deploy faster, and continually optimize value.

With the new 鈥減lug and gain鈥� approach, uses data gathered by , dramatically shortening the set-up time for in-depth process mining. Customers are able to easily go beyond the initial findings from 麻豆原创 Signavio Process Insights and within a few days get the full benefit of the capabilities of 麻豆原创 Signavio Process Intelligence and the rest of 麻豆原创 Signavio Process Transformation Suite. Conversion of process mining from a months-long project to a task that takes a few days means that 麻豆原创 customers can now have a unique ability to quickly and continually optimize processes to meet new business goals or changing customer behaviors.

For example, with this approach customers can quickly get the results of variant analysis to gain a clearer view of the flow of work. From there, they can use our reverse-engineered process models as the starting point for comparison with best practice models and drive informed discussion on next steps. Our process models are now integrated with 麻豆原创 Cloud ALM via the state-of-the-art 麻豆原创 Solution Manager connector, creating the foundation for a smooth implementation. This also allows customers to take a data-driven approach to process monitoring and refinement.

New Integrations with Key 麻豆原创 Solutions

Our vision is to fully integrate 麻豆原创 Signavio solutions with key 麻豆原创 solutions so that customers can more easily maximize the impact of their 麻豆原创 investment and simplify the user experience. New integrations from 麻豆原创 Signavio Process Transformation Suite into 麻豆原创 solutions include:

• Native integration from 麻豆原创 Signavio Process Insights into 麻豆原创 Ariba solutions, providing a new framework for understanding and optimizing workflows and processes such as sourcing, procurement, and contracts
• Accelerator for the “Manage Personal Employee Information” process on 麻豆原创 SuccessFactors solutions to help speed up the time to value with our solution
• Native integration between 麻豆原创 Signavio Process Intelligence and 麻豆原创 Datasphere to enable process-aware enterprise analytics and help streamline process mining across complex data landscapes
• Integration between 麻豆原创 Signavio Process Intelligence and as part of the enterprise automation with 麻豆原创 to close the loop from insight to action by flexibly defining which process dynamics will automatically start selected process automations, workflows, and/or notifications

While tight integration with 麻豆原创 is an obvious imperative, we are fully committed to integration with non-麻豆原创 systems and delivering on the promise of end-to-end process transformation no matter what solutions customers are using to run their businesses.

The combined strengths of both 麻豆原创 and non-麻豆原创 integrations allow organizations to create a powerful ecosystem that caters to the diverse needs of their end customers. This approach empowers businesses to be as process centric as possible, enabling them to choose the tools and processes that align with their workflows. With our commitment to non-麻豆原创 integrations, businesses can provide comprehensive solutions that maximize customer satisfaction and support their individual requirements while still benefiting from the efficiency and operational advantages offered by 麻豆原创 integration.

New Automation Powered by 麻豆原创 Business Technology Platform

Automation has high potential for improving business processes, freeing up companies to deploy their people in more strategic or complex tasks. The 麻豆原创 Signavio Process Intelligence and 麻豆原创 Build Process Automation integration can now trigger automations directly from 麻豆原创 Signavio solutions when inefficient processes are detected. Furthermore 麻豆原创 Signavio solutions, 麻豆原创 Build solutions, and 麻豆原创 Integration Suite can accelerate your path to autonomous enterprise automation by 麻豆原创.

The Future-Proof Organization Is Process Centric

麻豆原创 Signavio Process Transformation Suite is a key pillar in 麻豆原创鈥檚 efforts to help customers become more future proof. These new integrations, automations, and methodologies, in combination with unique offerings like 麻豆原创 Signavio Process Explorer and , establish 麻豆原创 as a true visionary in the field of process transformation, providing customers with access to data, insights, and value that no other vendor can provide.

Gero Decker is general manager for 麻豆原创 Signavio.
Rouven Morato is general manager for 麻豆原创 Signavio.

According to the Gartner Magic Quadrant, 鈥淟eaders have a deep understanding of the realities of the market, a track record of success, and an ability to influence the market鈥檚 direction, along with an ability to attract and keep a growing customer base.

In the process mining tools market, leadership implies understanding, facilitating, and supporting the diversity of use cases 鈥� operational excellence, audit and compliance, automation, digital transformation, strategy to execution, and customer excellence 鈥� as well as the insights and opportunities of adding additional functionality, products, and services to the core process mining offerings.

Leaders must not only demonstrate a market-leading vision, but also the ability to execute on that vision. At this point in development of the process mining tools market, six vendors have sustained excellence in both execution and vision long enough to demonstrate effective leadership.

Customers should note that a Leader is not always the best choice. A focused, smaller vendor can provide excellent support and commitment to suit individual needs. Other vendors may provide a certain capability 鈥� such as a focus on your industry, a better cost performance ratio, a specific use case, or a commitment to specific features or functions 鈥� that is important to your organization. This more focused type of vendor would not appear as a Leader in the overall process mining tools market; but, within a specific market segment or for a specific use case, it may well be treated as one.

We believe our positioning reflects 麻豆原创鈥檚 role as an innovator in this category and the importance of the 麻豆原创 Signavio portfolio as a growth driver and pivotal piece of 麻豆原创鈥檚 overall strategy. It also highlights the increasing importance of process mining in the success of modern businesses.

Process mining provides valuable insights into actual process flows and performance, which can be used to validate process models and identify areas for improvement. Process mining can also be used to measure the conformance of an actual process to its model, to determine whether the process is being executed as intended, and the impact of any deviations. In short, process mining tools provide vital diagnostic information, which can then be leveraged to develop a course of action.

We continue to see strong interest in and growth of our process mining tools, with positive feedback from both customers and partners.

鈥淥nce you gain all that information, you could do a root cause of saying why somebody鈥檚 process is faster than others,鈥� said John Lertola, senior process architect, Qorvo Inc. 鈥淪o, we found that to be very valuable. And that triggered the final decision saying, ‘Okay, we found that process. The solution is really good. We鈥檙e going to buy into it.’ So, we bought into it big time, and we鈥檙e transforming everything with respect to that.鈥�

鈥溌槎乖� Signavio Process Intelligence has opened up completely new ways of thinking,鈥� said Charles C么t茅, financial analyst, Beyond Technologies Consulting Inc. 鈥淚t provides a holistic view of our business process landscape and enables us to make decisions based on real-time data.鈥�

In keeping with our strategic approach to business process transformation, 麻豆原创 will continue to invest in extending its process mining capabilities, building the capacity of organizations worldwide to understand, optimize, and transform their business processes.

Gero Decker is general manager of 麻豆原创 Signavio.

Gartner, Magic Quadrant for Process Mining Tools, Marc Kerremans, Kimihiko Iijima, Andrei Razvan Sachelarescu, Nick Duffy, David Sugden, 20 March 2023.
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And that is frustrating because we have the technology and the capability to be faster, better, stronger. But somehow we do not get the impact, the sense of true transformation, we expected. To add fuel to the fire, some companies do make it through, leveraging legacy solutions alongside emerging technologies to run better.

Why, in 2023, is there not a better way to handle digital transformation?

That sense of frustration has been made clear to 麻豆原创 in many ways over many years. Today, we announced the release of 麻豆原创 Signavio Process Explorer to address exactly this. This is a first step in opening up access to our library of information — best practices, benchmarking data, industry standard processes — to customers and partners. By doing this, we provide best-in-market guidance on how to quickly identify and prioritize next steps in business process optimization projects.

麻豆原创 is known for revolutionizing enterprise software by digitizing key financial processes, thereby creating the enterprise resource planning (ERP) market, in the same way that Ariba changed procurement and SuccessFactors modernized human resources. More than 50 years of experience working on the world鈥檚 biggest and most complex problems alongside the world’s largest and most innovative companies has given 麻豆原创 a unique place among software vendors. No other company has such deep and proven experience with so many organizations across so many industries. But until now, 麻豆原创鈥檚 vast library of accumulated experience has only been accessible by sending our value advisors and consultants to customers.

With unpredictable and abrupt change happening more frequently, customers look to us for guidance on how to improve their processes — quickly and with confidence. And with the growing use of process mining and related tools for the mapping, analysis, and diagnosis of problematic business processes, we find customers need guidance on how to improve. They are hungry for more information on what next steps could be and should be, where they lead or lag behind competition, and on identifying differentiating processes.

Since 麻豆原创 acquired Signavio in March 2021, we have eagerly delved into the company’s massive trove of resources, knowledge, and data with an eye to creating a way to deliver it to customers.

With the release of 麻豆原创 Signavio Process Explorer, we have organized and centralized the collective knowledge from thousands of transformation projects delivered by 麻豆原创 and its partner ecosystem. It provides a single gateway for exploring and accessing value accelerators and other resources, such as business capability and solution maps, process models, metrics, and industry best practices, as well as 麻豆原创 product best practices and recommendations. With this information at their fingertips, customers have a starting point to adapt and tailor the process models for their specific situation, moving them more quickly to more effective and usable end-to-end processes.

Successful transformation projects should not be singular and non-repeatable. We want our customers to be able to become better, stronger, faster at any and all times, threading a clear path to success no matter challenges come their way.

We will continue to invest in finding more ways to make 麻豆原创鈥檚 50 years of accumulated knowledge accessible to guide customers on their transformation journeys.

Gero Decker is general manager of 麻豆原创 Signavio.