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Business Process Reengineering

Business Process Reengineering. Learning Objectives. Explain the role of Business Process Reengineering (BPR) within the organization Understand the origins and key characteristics of BPR Identify and be able to use core BPR Symbols. Learning Objectives.

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Business Process Reengineering

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  1. Business Process Reengineering

  2. Learning Objectives • Explain the role of Business Process Reengineering (BPR) within the organization • Understand the origins and key characteristics of BPR • Identify and be able to use core BPR Symbols

  3. Learning Objectives • Understand and be able to implement a BPR Strategy • Understand the main challenges in implementing a BPR Strategy

  4. BPR & The Organization

  5. What is BPR? • Reengineering is the fundamental rethinking and redesign of business processes to achieve dramatic improvements in critical, contemporary measures of performance, such as cost, quality, service and speed. (Hammer & Champy, 1993)

  6. BPR is Not? • Automation • Downsizing • Outsourcing

  7. BPR Versus Process Simplification Process Simplification Incremental Change Process-Led Assume Attitudes & Behaviors Management-Led Various Simultaneous Projects Process Reengineering Radical Transformation Vision-Led Change Attitudes & Behaviors Director-Led Limited Number of Initiatives (Source Coulson-Thomas, 1992)

  8. BPR Versus Continuous Improvement Continuous Improvement Incremental Change People Focus Low Investment Improve Existing Work Unit Driven Process Reengineering Radical Transformation People & Technology Focus High Investment Rebuild Champion Driven

  9. What is a Process? • A specific ordering of work activities across time and space, with a beginning, an end, and clearly identified inputs and outputs: a structure for action. (Davenport, 1993)

  10. What is a Business Process? • A group of logically related tasks that use the firm's resources to provide customer-oriented results in support of the organization's objectives

  11. Why Reengineer? • Customers • Demanding • Sophistication • Changing Needs • Competition • Local • Global

  12. Why Reengineer? • Change • Technology • Customer Preferences

  13. Why Organizations Don’t Reengineer? • Complacency* • A feeling of contentment or self-satisfaction, especially when coupled with an unawareness of danger, trouble, or controversy. • An instance of contented self-satisfaction. *www.dictionary.com • Political Resistance • New Developments • Fear of Unknown and Failure

  14. Performance • BPR seeks improvements of • Cost • Quality • Service • Speed

  15. Origins • Scientific Management. FW Taylor (1856-1915). • Frederick Herzberg - Job Enrichment • Deming et al - Total Quality Management and Kaizen • In Search of Excellence (Peters and Waterman) • Value-Added Analysis (Porter).

  16. Key Characteristics • Systems Philosophy • Global Perspective on Business Processes • Radical Improvement • Integrated Change • People Centred • Focus on End-Customers • Process-Based

  17. Systems Perspective Feedback Inputs Transformation Outputs Environment

  18. Process Based • Added Value • BPR Initiatives must add-value over and above the existing process • Customer-Led • BPR Initiatives must meet the needs of the customer

  19. Radical Improvement • Sustainable • Process improvements need to become firmly rooted within the organization • Stepped Approach • Process improvements will not happen over night they need to be gradually introduced • Also assists the acceptance by staff of the change

  20. Integrated Change • Viable Solutions • Process improvements must be viable and practical • Balanced Improvements • Process improvements must be realistic

  21. People-Centred • Business Understanding • Empowerment & Participation • Organizational Culture

  22. Focus on End-Customers • Process improvements must relate to the needs of the organization and be relevant to the end-customers to which they are designed to serve

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