Lutz on the Payoffs of GM's Re-EngineeringCost cutting is fine, but there must be more!The US automaker's efforts seem to be a day late and a dollar short. I am not sure at all that they can turn around their companies and become truely competitive in the US, nor...
In an era of increasing globalization, the costs of labor, transportation, and materials constantly fluctuate. This presents a problem because it creates new complexities and encourages new competition. This also presents an opportunity because those complexities challenge your organization to re-evaluate its pricing process regularly. Doing this will help you...
A holistic approach to the healthcare process - from prevention to diagnosis and treatment through rehabilitation and care - is required in order to achieve maximum efficiency. How will healthcare evolve from the basic gains of automation into this realm? Siemens believes these goals are continuously achieved, over time, in...
Rapid changes in R&D environments driven by unceasing technology innovations and the implications entailed therein are examined from a historical perspective. The status of nation's manpower training program is reviewed and the possible impacts achievable from such programs are highlighted. The necessity of initiating viable polices for fostering elite manpower...
Executives are experts in managing their business systems, much in the same way Formula One drivers are experts in driving their cars. However knowing the behaviour of cars doesn't tell one how they are constructed and could be improved with new technology. The same holds true for Reengineering Business Systems...
Business performance management and enterprise risk management are both on many management teams' radars. Combining them into a unified performance management framework provides great insights into the organization's future prospects. The integration of a view of business risk into a company's overall Business Performance Management BPM strategy is absolutely critical.
Incorporating new technological innovations into military organizations has always subjected senior leadership to high degrees of risk, as exempli-fied by the advent of gunpowder, the steam engine, the telegraph, the radio, or the nuclear bomb. The question is whether comparative historical study can illuminate successful strategies to mitigate such risk...
The convergence of banking, insurance and retail investment services from a consumer perspective is beginning, and this has ramifications for the industry. The paper talks about a new model financial institution which is emerging today that functions more as a flexible intermediary - an aggregator, integrator and trusted adviser -...
In 1998, the U.S. Internal Revenue Service embarked on an ambitious modernization strategy that outlined re-engineering efforts intended to automate and eliminate redundant processes, improve productivity and free up staff time that could be redirected to taxpayer service and compliance programs. This article examines the IRS' progress to date and...
Reorganizing the bureaucracy has been in the agenda of every administration since the 1940s. While it has been called by various names - streamlining, reorganization or reengineering, the overarching reason for the reform is to reduce the wage bill, which has crowded out resources for vital social services. However, data...
This paper presents the content and development of an organisational and technological re-engineering project within a large Group, France Telecom counting 260.000 people world wide. Throughout the years 1999 to 2002, this company has carried out a deep redefinition of the HR function, in re-engineering the HR processes and introducing...
The Reengineering and reuse of large legacy software systems can be an expensive, error-prone endeavor. This paper relates experience in a collaborative research project supporting a NASA contractor team attempting just such a project. Risks both potential and realized are discussed, as well as how such collaboration can be used...
ARSO has the potential to contribute significantly to the realisation of the AU African Common Market and NEPAD's Market Access Initiative. Standardisation and conformity assessment are areas of priority in NEPAD and the work to remove barriers to trade. In the face of this situation, ARSO has for several years...
In this paper, the cornerstone of 1990s thinking on process, Hammer and Champy's nine best practices, are analyzed to apply for e-business process management (e-process management). One finding is that checks and controls may not need to be reduced - as Hammer and Champy espouse - if they are perceived...
In February 2002 the Australian Bureau of Statistics ABS took the strategic decision to proceed with a major re-engineering initiative known as the Business Statistics Innovation Program BSIP. This paper summarises the reasons for the development of the BSIP strategy; the BSIP model; progress to date in implementing the model;...
The aim of this paper is to conduct an exploratory study into how SMEs apply Reengineering. In particular, the approach of SMEs to Reengineering definition and methodology are examined. Reengineering has developed from a background in large enterprises. Existing methodologies mainly assume a large organization setting with large-scale resources dedicated...
Faced with the challenge of distributing digital product in the digital realm, the American film industry is acutely aware of its increasing vulnerability to piracy and is currently considering two solutions to protect its copyrights - a legislative solution (e.g., the Digital Millennium Copyright Act of1998) and a technical solution...
This paper focuses on two types of re-engineering strategies, concurrent engineering and outsourcing to low cost countries and how they relate to the alignment of contracting and IT strategies. Concurrent engineering offer substantial schedule savings but can also result in more communication and the potential of being locked-in to a...
As many have observed, Business Process Management isn't new, for indeed, it represents a long and winding journey. Going beyond the walls of business, structural changes in how "Work Works" have been woven through a tapestry of social, political and individual contexts. As one contemplate the next great frontier in...
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