Prozessaufname; Aufnahme des Prozesses

English translation: process review

16:35 Apr 18, 2019
German to English translations [PRO]
Bus/Financial - Law: Taxation & Customs
German term or phrase: Prozessaufname; Aufnahme des Prozesses
Für jeden steuerlichen Risikobereich erfolgt zu Beginn eine vollständige Prozessaufnahme mit den zuständigen Sachbearbeitern. In diesem Abschnitt der Risikokontrollmatrix haben sich die Ersteller der RKM mit Vertretern der zugehörigen Abteilung intensiv auseinandergesetzt.
Während der Aufnahme des Prozesses wird vor allem Augenmerk auf die bisherigen Kontrollen gelegt.
Jeff Steffin
Local time: 03:35
English translation:process review
Explanation:
... might well be the term you're looking for in this case, as in https://www.knowledgeleader.com/knowledgeleader/content.nsf/... ("This audit report summarizes a strategic and operational review of a company’s business environment and production processes.")

... erfolgt zu Beginn eine vollständige Prozessaufnahme ... ---> ... initially, a full/complete process review is carried out ...

Während der Aufnahme des Prozesses ... ---> While reviewing the process ...

I take "Aufnahme" to mean review or survey (or even audit) here.
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Steffen Walter
Germany
Local time: 11:35
Grading comment
Thanks so much (to all).
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Summary of answers provided
3 +3process review
Steffen Walter
4 +1process mapping
Daniel Arnold (X)
3 +1process documentation
Johanna Timm, PhD
3 -1breakdown of required components
Michael Martin, MA


Discussion entries: 3





  

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27 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5 peer agreement (net): +3
Prozessaufnahme
process review


Explanation:
... might well be the term you're looking for in this case, as in https://www.knowledgeleader.com/knowledgeleader/content.nsf/... ("This audit report summarizes a strategic and operational review of a company’s business environment and production processes.")

... erfolgt zu Beginn eine vollständige Prozessaufnahme ... ---> ... initially, a full/complete process review is carried out ...

Während der Aufnahme des Prozesses ... ---> While reviewing the process ...

I take "Aufnahme" to mean review or survey (or even audit) here.

Steffen Walter
Germany
Local time: 11:35
Native speaker of: Native in GermanGerman
PRO pts in category: 93
Grading comment
Thanks so much (to all).
Notes to answerer
Asker: Thanks so much!


Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Adrian MM.
17 mins

agree  AllegroTrans
1 hr

agree  philgoddard
1 hr

agree  A. & S. Witte
20 hrs

disagree  Daniel Arnold (X): I think the review comes after the mapping, which is what this means
1 day 1 hr
  -> You may well have a point here. Could also use "process capture" instead of "process mapping". "Aufnahme" can take various meanings, though.
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56 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5 peer agreement (net): -1
breakdown of required components


Explanation:
"For each tax risk area, a complete ​breakdown of the required components will be conducted by the​ ​appropriate staff​."

You would typically do a review on something that has already been implemented; here by contrast, they're trying to sort out what should go into this process in the first place.

This may be the definition that we need here:

"Üblicherweise wird vor einer Prozessaufnahme definiert, welche Prozesse es aufzunehmen und zu dokumentieren gilt." https://prozessmaler.de/5-erfolgsfaktoren-fuer-eine-vollstae...

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Note added at 3 hrs (2019-04-18 20:00:07 GMT)
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I didn't suggest you need to come up with entirely new processes, only that you have to decide anew for each risk area "what type of (tried and tested) processes to INCLUDE" (=ProzessAUFNAHME). If anything is being reviewed, it's the risk areas, not the processes. Prozessaufnahme has a very narrow meaning here: determine what processes to include (in a review of a risk area), not what processes to review.

Michael Martin, MA
United States
Local time: 06:35
Works in field
Native speaker of: Native in GermanGerman, Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 53

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
neutral  Steffen Walter: You seem to be assuming a meaning along the lines of conceiving new processes. I strongly believe, however, that this is about reviewing (and then modifying) processes already in place. The point is to assess and improve existing controls ("bisherige K.")
1 hr
  -> See added note

disagree  Daniel Arnold (X): The question of what the requirements are comes after mapping the as-is process. Sorry for my crypto before ;-)
1 day 1 hr
  -> No idea what you're talking about. Passing judgement??
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3 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5 peer agreement (net): +1
process documentation


Explanation:
I read "Aufnahme" in the sense of "documentation", as used here:

http://www.hermansexton.com/client_services.html
and here:
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https://www.tligroup.eu/pub/consulting/analysis.xhtml?lang=e...


Johanna Timm, PhD
Canada
Local time: 03:35
Native speaker of: Native in GermanGerman
PRO pts in category: 70

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  A. & S. Witte
17 hrs

neutral  Daniel Arnold (X): i would argue that that's something different
22 hrs
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1 day 2 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +1
process mapping


Explanation:
I am fairly sure that this means "process mapping" - breaking a process down into its elements in order to analyse and then optimize them. See links and Google the term, it's widely used. Translated as "Prozesserfassung".


    https://kissflow.com/bpm/business-process-mapping/
    https://www.lucidchart.com/pages/process-mapping
Daniel Arnold (X)
Australia
Local time: 11:35
Native speaker of: Native in GermanGerman, Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 15

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Steffen Walter: You may well be right in this case. Asker can possibly tell us more about it.
22 mins
  -> Thanks Steffen!

neutral  Michael Martin, MA: Breakdown of process components sounds like my idea
1 hr
  -> yes, but there is a term for it. It's "process mapping" and not "breaking it down into the required components". Sorry Martin, cant change it, but this is a precise term you can find thousands of references for. A standard term.
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