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Business Process Reengineeringand Information Technology
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Basic Concepts
• Business process
• Value added
• Business Process Reengineering (BPR)
• Demand chain
• Supply chain
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Basic Concepts
• Supply chain management
• Extended supply chain
• Networked organization
• Organizational transformation
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The Need for BPR
• Customers
• Competition
• Change
• Techniques lag behind technology
• Problem of the stovepipe
• Fragmented piecemeal systems
• Integration
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The Principles of BPR and The Role of IT
• Characteristics of BPR
• Methodologies and frameworks for BPR
• Enabling role of IT
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Characteristics of Business Process Reengineering
• Several jobs are combined into one
• Employees make decisions
• Steps in business process: natural order
• Process may have multiple versions
• Work is performed where it makes the most sense
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Characteristics of Business Process Reengineering
• Controls, checks, other nonvalue-added work is minimized
• Reconciliation is minimized - minimize external contact points
• Hybrid centralized / decentralized operation is used
• A single point of contact is provided for the customer
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Business Process Reengineering and
Restructuring the Organization
• Redesign of processes
• From mass production to mass customization
• Cycle time reduction
• Restructuring organizations
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The Networked Organization
• Structure of networked organizations
• Empowerment– IT / empowerment relationship
• Teams
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Virtual Corporations
A virtual corporation is an organization composed of several business partners sharing costs and resources for the purpose of producing a product or service.
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Virtual CorporationsMajor Attributes
• Excellence
• Utilization
• Opportunism
• Lack of borders
• Trust
• Adaptability to change
• Technology
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Total Quality Managementand Reengineering
• Rate of change
• TQM: continuous improvement
• Reengineering: dramatic improvement
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TQM versus Reengineering
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Implementing Reengineering
• Redesign
• Retool
• Reorchestrate
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Tools for BPR
• Simulation
• Flow diagrams
• Work analysis
• Application development
• Workflow software
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Reorchestrate: Organizational Change
• Leadership
• Corporate values
• Cultural change
• Incentives
• Accountability
• Zeal
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Reorchestrate: Organizational Change
• Communication
• Ambiguity
• Obstacles to change
• Celebrate success
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Implementation Issues
• Continuous evaluation
• Eliminating jobs
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Continuous Evaluation
• Is reengineering truly transformational?
• Will reengineering improve customer relations?
• Has reengineering cut across the organization?
• Is information technology playing a integral role in the reengineering solution?
• Does it hurt?
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When to Use BPR?
• Failure rate as high as 75-85%
• Improperly aligned BPR and IT
• Expensive
• Organizational resistance
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Managerial Issues
• Ethical issues
• BPR implementation
• Incremental improvement programs
• BPR tools
• Role of IT
• Failures
• TQM and BPR
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