The Center of Excellence in Business Process Innovation was founded in 2004 and belongs to a group of seven research centers within the SAP/IDS Scheer Institute for Business Process Innovation and the IDS Scheer Innovation and Education Network.

We study the interplay between business processes and the organization and our research focuses on two major themes:

• How can we design better processes (using technology)?

• How can we better manage processes (using technology)?

As part of an international academic and industry network, CEBPI conducts joint research with Queensland University of Technology in Australia, the Technical University of Eindhoven in the Netherlands, and the European Research Center on Information Systems (ERCIS) in Germany. Software companies IDS Scheer and SAP Research have designated the center as part of a 6-university Process Innovation Institute. Projects of the Center are funded by government agencies and corporate research bodies.

The center maintains a state-of-the-art BPM lab that is equipped with several commercial Business Process Management Systems and enterprise modeling tools. These systems are used for the development of proof-of-concept prototypes, showcases and demonstrations.

Our current infrastructure includes systems by IDS Scheer, Fujitsu, TIBCO (Staffware), Altova, Carnot, and Active Endpoints, which have been generously donated by the respective companies.