An  Equipment is a Business System made available to an Organizational Position for the purpose of accomplishing his/her work.

For example, numerous companies equip their employees with smartphones to facilitate coordination of their activities.

A  Business System is a man made artifact (Concrete Hardware System or Business Software System) which exposes  Functionalityies and can produce Business Outcome Events.

A  Business System performs System Processes and participates to System Processes or to Business Processes.

In System Processes, a  Business System is always an active participant (System Process Participant).

In Business Processes, a  Business System is either an active participant (Automated Participant) or an Instrument used by Org-Unit Types.