ADONIS is a Business Process Management (BPM) tool, used for documentation, analysis, and optimization of business processes.[1] It enables the visualization of process flows and standard operating procedures (SOPs), provides visibility into how they operate, and helps increase their efficiency by revealing redundant efforts and opportunities for improvement.[2]
The ADONIS BPM suite is manufactured and marketed by BOC Group and represents their flagship Business Process Management product.[1]
Overview
ADONIS is designed as a golden source of organizations' process data, and thus supports the end-to-end management and improvement of their business processes.[1] It is an HTML 5 web-based application, fully BPMN 2.0 compliant, and conformant with various other international standards and best practices such as BPMM, DMN and ISO 9000.[3]
Capabilities and Application Scenarios
The tool covers a wide application field and assists its users in the following domains:[1]
Process Management
Quality Management & Operational Excellence
Digitalization and Automation
Customer Journey Mapping and Ideation
Audit and Compliance
SAP/ERP Integration
ADONIS provides an array of different functionalities, including, but not limited to business process modelling using the BPMN notation, graphical analysis and reporting capabilities, process simulation and data-driven insights, process versioning, publishing and team collaboration, as well as process automation using BPMN 2.0 XML (BPMN DI) and XPDL2.[1]
ADONIS was first released in 1995 by the BPMS Group (Business Process Management Systems) at the Computer Science and Business Informatics Institute of the University of Vienna, which later evolved into the company BOC Group as its spin-off.[2][3] Since then, ADONIS has been continuously advanced, and is currently available in its latest version ADONIS 13.0, released in December 2021.[5]
In addition to its commercial editions (Enterprise Edition and Starter Edition), in 2008 ADONIS became one of the first BPM tools to release a Community Edition freeware (ADONIS:Community Edition) which now counts over 200.000 registered community users.[3][6]
Awards and Recognitions
Recognized as a 2021 Customers' Choice Tool in the Gartner Voice of The Customer (EBPA) market report [7]
Featured in the 2021 Gartner Market Guide for Enterprise Business Process Analysis (EBPA) report [8]
Featured in the 2021 Gartner Market Guide for Technologies Supporting a Digital Twin of an Organization report [9]