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Hardware Retailer Shipment

Shipment of goods across three roles: logistics, warehouse, and secretariat — with parallel packaging and carrier selection steps.

Process Description

A hardware retailer ships ordered goods to a customer. Logistics decides whether special handling is needed. In parallel, the warehouse starts packaging the goods while the secretariat determines the carrier. If special shipment is required, the secretariat requests carrier quotes and assigns a carrier; otherwise, the secretariat checks if insurance is required and issues a standard post label (always) and optionally takes out insurance. After both the packaging and carrier steps are complete, paperwork is added and the goods are moved to the pick area.

Structure

Zoom and pan enabled · Source: OMG BPMN 2.0 by Example, Version 1.0 (2010), Section 5.1

Elements

ActivityActor
Decide Shipment TypeLogistics
Package GoodsWarehouse Worker
Request Carrier QuotesSecretariat
Assign CarrierSecretariat
Check InsuranceSecretariat
Fill Post LabelSecretariat
Take Out InsuranceSecretariat
Add Paperwork and Move to Pick AreaWarehouse Worker