Made available in DSpace on 2014-06-12T15:51:46Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 license.txt: 1748 bytes, checksum: 8a4605be74aa9ea9d79846c1fba20a33 (MD5) Previous issue date: 2008 / O crescimento do tamanho, complexidade e demanda por qualidade dos sistemas de software são alguns dos motivos que tem aumentado o interesse na área de arquitetura de software. Consequentemente, processos de arquitetura de software surgiram a fim de auxiliar os arquitetos na construção dessas arquiteturas. Arquitetura Orientada a Serviços (SOA) surgiu como um tipo de arquitetura de software para construir sistemas através da composição de serviços. Assim como o paradigma de orientação a objetos, o paradigma de orientação a serviços tem trazido uma abordagem de projeto distinta que introduz princípios que governam o posicionamento e o projeto dos componentes arquiteturais. Além disso, SOA é um paradigma para organização e utilização de capacidades distribuídas que podem estar sob o controle de diferentes domínios. No contexto empresarial, SOA permite que organizações, que tenham uma infra-estrutura de aplicações fragmentadas sob a administração de diferentes áreas de negócio, possam integrar estas aplicações no nível de serviço. Por um lado, os processos de arquitetura tradicionais não abrangem estes aspectos de SOA. Por outro lado, as abordagens de SOA disponíveis não satisfazem todos os fundamentos da arquitetura de software. Neste sentido, esta dissertação propõe um processo sistemático de arquitetura de software baseado em SOA que compreende os principais fundamentos da arquitetura de software e características inerentes a SOA a fim de guiar os arquitetos na construção de uma descrição arquitetural para SOA. Adicionalmente, um estudo experimental foi definido, planejado, executado e analisado a fim de avaliar o processo proposto

The diploma thesis called Optimization of processes in a distribution company is focused on a firm, fictionally named ABC Ltd which, however, represents a real distribution company, a holding company to be precise, whose parent company is based in the Czech Republic and its subsidiaries are located in Italy, China and Australia. The overall number of staff of the whole concern is sixteen, so it falls into the category of small companies. The main purpose of this paper is to analyze the company's processes. The greatest benefit of the thesis is saving the company's expenses based on optimization of the company's processes. In the introduction to the paper all the goals and benefits are stated. The next chapter reveals a brief description of skills that are vital for working on the practical part of the paper and meeting all the goals that have been set at the beginning. The introduction to the practical part deals with introducing the company ABC Ltd. The main topic of this part is the analysis of the present state of the firm's enterprise architecture. One of these architectures, the process one, describes the company's processes which are divided into the main and the supporting ones. In the main processes the potential for improvements is identified. The conclusion brings evaluation of the limits which follow from the revealed potential and suggestions for supporting the limits in the form of project solution.

The diploma thesis called "Optimization of processes in procurement departmenf of FMCG company" is focused on the optimization of procurement processes in an unnamed FMCG company. The main goals of this work include the analysis of similar solutions in business process optimization and selection of appropriate methods and procedures. Other objectives are to analyze the current state of processes, their support and maturity and potential improvement identification in selected processes. Last goal is a suggestion of project proposals designed to achieve potential improvement identification in the analyzed procurement processes. Contribution of this thesis is to analyze the purchasing process from the perspective of process maturity, its priorities, support and potential for improvement. Modelling of current processes in a unified methodology and tool is another benefit of this work. The work consists of an introductory section that defines the objectives, benefits and working methods. The following is a description of the research work and basic terms, thus ending the theoretical part. The practical part contains the characteristics of the company, a description of existing processes, potential improvement identification and a proposal of support in identified real potentials.