As we have already discussed, a single business function can be spread across several applications present in an enterprise. In such situations, it is very important to ensure coordination between the various applications. This can be done by implementing a business process management system. The business process management system will coordinate with all relevant applications that are part of a specific business function and ensure seamless execution. However, in this context, it is important to remember that there exists a very blurred line between business process management and SOA. There is always a possibility that all services are made available as services, and a business process function can be made available as an application to access all services through SOA. The diagram of a distributed process management system is depicted as follows: