Business Process

Recently, I put one of my cars on the market as I can no longer afford paying insurance premiums for 3 cars. It was a 1988 BMW 325i, and it got sold just a couple of weeks ago. Now usually, this is just another transaction, just another car sold. However, we could also look at it as a Business Process. To elaborate on this, a business process is composed of Facilities, Information, Resources, and Activities. To explain it even further, I will break down how all these components played a role in this transaction.


FACILITY
When I decided to sell my car, I chose to post it online. I used Kijiji and AutoTrader as my advertisement. I used these websites as my Facility. Facilities are structures used within a business process. Now it doesn't necessarily mean it has to be a building of some sort. It just means a structure was used to do a business process.

INFORMATION
Whenever a potential buyer came and saw the car, I showed him/her the Used Vehicle Package. Parts of this package show the history of the vehicle's registration and if any liens/debts still withhold the car. Now for a buyer, this is very critical information. You need to know if the vehicle you're about to buy has been through 10 owners and/or if there is a lien on the vehicle (which you will be liable of).

RESOURCES
Resources are items of value. My car was a resource, and the buyer's cash was also a resource. Once I found a buyer, we were ready to proceed with the transaction, which leads to the next point..

ACTIVITIES
The buyer made an offer, in which I accepted. I am now ready to sell my car to a new owner. This process is an activity. An activity transforms a resource into another type of resource. In this case, my car was transformed into cash, and the buyer's cash transformed into a car he just bought.


Once again, something that may seem simple may not be to others. There are numerous business processes we take part of everyday, we just don't perceive it in a different perspective.