Process Reengineering In Action

Business process reengineering is arguably the management paradigm of the decade. No other paradigm for organizational innovation and improvement has achieved a stronger presence and impact in corporate boardrooms around the world. In recent years reengineering has also moved away from the hype into real-world application, and there is now a vast pool of techniques and experience ready to be tapped by organizational-change advocates. This book provides an international showcase of reengineering in action, with contributions from more than forty experts spanning five continents. Besides prescriptions of concepts and tools, it presents case studies of public sector as well as private sector reengineering experience, and visions of the future of reengineering practice. Contents:Introduction:Reengineering for World-Class ExcellenceConcepts and Tools:Workflow Management TechnologyThe RARE SystemIntegrated Business Process ManagementBPR-Enabled Systems EngineeringSupply Chain ManagementReference Process Building BlocksDiagnosing Process DesignUnit of AnalysisElectronic CommerceObject-Oriented ModelsPublic Sector Experience:Singapore's Public SectorUS Department of DefenseExtensions of IDEF MethodologyCivil Services in TaiwanCustomer Participation and CommitmentYin-Yang Balanced ApproachPrivate Sector Experience:IT Dimensions and InterdependenciesHR Development SystemsEnd-User SupportBPR in IndiaTextile ManufacturingA Scientific ApproachFuture Prospects:Managing RisksInto the 3rd Millennium Readership: CEOs, CIOs, COOs, IS managers, HR managers, management consultants, industrial engineers and educators.

This text gives practical advice on one of the key management topics of the 1990s. It shows how process re-engineering results from innovating and changing - innovating the way work is done and changing the way people work together to get it done. Using a straight-forward step-by-step approach, this guide contains checklists, informative illustrations and detailed action plans. Designed for any manager wanting to bring about change, this book comes complete with reproducible forms and worksheets, and includes details on evaluating the costs, and benefits, of re-engineering.

​Business process reengineering (BPR) focuses on redesigning the strategic and value-added processes which transcend the organizational boundaries. It is a cross-functional approach that requires support from almost all the departments of the organization. Business Process Reengineering: Automation Decision Points in Process Reengineering offers a new framework based process reengineering and links it to organization life cycle, process life cycle, and process management. This volume describes the fundamental concepts behind business process reengineering and examines them through case studies, and should appeal to researchers and academics interested in business process reengineering, operations strategy, and organizational restructuring and design.

Discusses nine assessment issues that are grouped into three major areas: assessing the decision to pursue Business Process Reengineering (BPR), focuses on strategic & general management issues that need to be resolved before an organization embarks on a BPR project. Assessing the new process' development picks up at the point where the organization has decided to begin a BPR project. It focuses on the management of the BPR team, the team's process redesign activities, & the business case it develops. Assessing project implementation & results deals with the problems involved in piloting & deploying a new BPR. Glossary & bibliography.

The most successful business book of the last decade, Reengineering the Corporation is the pioneering work on the most important topic in business today: achieving dramatic performance improvements. This book leads readers through the radical redesign of a company's processes, organization, and culture to achieve a quantum leap in performance. Michael Hammer and James Champy have updated and revised their milestone work for the New Economy they helped to create -- promising to help corporations save hundreds of millions of dollars more, raise their customer satisfaction still higher, and grow ever more nimble in the years to come.