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Event-driven process chain
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<p>An event-driven process chain (EPC) is a type of <a href="/facts/Flowchart/BtNXBfUG">flow chart</a> for <a href="/facts/Business_process_modeling/AXeF4U24">business process modeling</a>. EPC can be used to configure <a href="/facts/Enterprise_resource_planning/IHhjWH4z">enterprise resource planning</a> execution, and for <a href="/facts/Business_process/fYH2eREc">business process</a> improvement. It can be used to control an autonomous workflow instance in work sharing. </p><p>The event-driven process chain method was developed within the framework of <a href="/facts/Architecture_of_Integrated_Information_Systems/CBEtbHHM">Architecture of Integrated Information Systems</a> (ARIS) by <a href="/facts/August-Wilhelm_Scheer/rzrXvQW8">August-Wilhelm Scheer</a> at the Institut für Wirtschaftsinformatik, Universität des Saarlandes (Institute for Business Information Systems at the University of Saarland) in the early 1990s. </p>