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Making Corporate Finance Relevant: The Real Role of Corporate Finance re-engineering: Much has been written about "reengineering" the finance function, yet the most common application has been cost cutting. This ignores the original calling of reengineering-reformulating business processes to achieve competitive advantage. The reason cost-cutting practices prevail is that many finance functions, including strategic planning, are so reactive as to contribute...; Tags: Organizational structure, Financial accounting, re-engineering, finance, Strategic Planning, competitive advantage, incentive, shareholder, business process, performance; White papers
re-engineering an ATM Board Results in Increase in Life of the ATM Board and Also Results in Cost Reduction: The client is a leading data communications equipment manufacturer. Some components of the customer's ATM switching board were to become obsolete in a short time. One alternative was to replace some of the components, but the prerequisite was that there would be no deterioration in performance of the existing switch...; Tags: Organizational structure, Corporate governance, Network technology, Wipro Technologies, re-engineering, ATM, cost reduction, board, firmware, team, performance, hardware; Case studies
Reengineering for Parallelism: An Entry Point Into PLPP (Pattern Language for Parallel Programming) for Legacy Applications: The authors have developed a pattern language for developing parallel application programs [MSM04]. This pattern language, which one call PLPP Pattern Language for Parallel Programming, embodies a development methodology in which one can develop a parallel application by starting with a good understanding of the problem and then working through...; Tags: Trinity University, re-engineering; White papers
re-engineering the Credit Appraisal Process: A leading German commercial bank, dealing in corporate banking, asset management, financial market operations and private banking, wanted to plug holes in its credit appraisal system through use of technology. Infosys was chosen to be its first offshore technology partner in this exercise. Infosys re-engineered and delivered a system that...; Tags: Financial accounting, Infosys Technologies Ltd., financial market, banking, appraisal, re-engineering, asset management, financial, bank, asset, team; Case studies
Legacy Assembler Reengineering and Migration: Program transformations form the basis for a practical solution to assembler reengineering and migration projects. Near 100% automated migration can be achieved once the transformation engine has been properly tuned to match the source system. This paper describes the legacy assembler problem and describes how the FermaT transformation system is...; Tags: Organizational structure, Programming languages, re-engineering, COBOL, C; White papers

Type-Check Elimination: Two Reengineering Patterns: A reengineering pattern describes how to go from an existing legacy solution to a new refactored solution. This paper discusses the role of reengineering patterns and contrast them with design patterns and antipatterns. The paper then highlights the structure of a reengineering pattern and present two simple, related patterns for...; Tags: Organizational structure, re-engineering, design pattern; White papers
Lutz on the Payoffs of GM's re-engineering: 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...; Tags: Organizational structure, Cost Cutting, General Motors Corp., re-engineering; Discussion threads 2008-04-16
Lutz on the Payoffs of GM's re-engineering: General Motors is beginning to see the payoff from better execution of some common-sense measures the auto industry has been talking about for decades, such as sharing costs across product platforms while keeping the resulting models distinct. For instance, the 2008 Cadillac CTS saves money, by sharing electronic parts...; Tags: Air Conditioner, Re-engineering, General Motors Corp., Strategy, Manufacturing, Management, Jim Henry; Blog posts 2008-04-09
Understanding Pricing Issues: 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...; Tags: Pricing, Marketing research, BNET Editorial, pricing decision, pricing strategy, re-engineering, globalization, transportation, downsizing, Process Management, inflation, outsourcing, income, supply chain, tool, marketing, strategy, benefit; Articles 2007-10-02
Workflow Management: re-engineering Healthcare: 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...; Tags: Vertical industries, Siemens AG, automation, workflow management, re-engineering, health care, knowledge; White papers 2006-04-03
Reengineering of the University-Industry Partnership for Continued Economic Evolution in Korea Driven by Technology Innovation: A Historical Perspective: 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...; Tags: re-engineering, R&D, partnership, training, industry; White papers 2005-12-16
Realising Strategic Management Reengineering Objectives With DEMO: 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...; Tags: Re-engineering, Organizational Structure, Strategic Management, Strategy, Human Resources, Management; White papers 2005-11-14
Integrating BPM and ERM: Reengineering Corporate DNA to Boost Performance: 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.; Tags: Business intelligence, Enterprise software, Penton Media Inc., business performance management, enterprise risk management, ERM, re-engineering, performance management, DNA, BPM, radar, performance, strategy; White papers 2005-11-01
Military Reengineering Between the World Wars: 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...; Tags: RAND Corp., re-engineering, leadership, radio, strategy; White papers 2005-08-31
re-engineering the Retail Finance Enterprise: 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 -...; Tags: Financial services, Financial accounting, Strategy, financial company, re-engineering, advisor, banking, insurance, finance, financial, industry; White papers 2005-07-01
Addressing New Challenges in Tax and Revenue Management: 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...; Tags: Taxes, Free trade, Internal Revenue Service, revenue management, compliance, tax, re-engineering; White papers 2005-05-02
Reengineering the Bureaucracy: Issues and Problems: 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...; Tags: Organizational structure, bureaucracy, re-engineering, survey; White papers 2005-04-01
Reengineering of the of the HR Function in France Telecom: 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...; Tags: Organizational structure, re-engineering, France Telecom, Human Resources, Information and Communication Technology; White papers 2005-04-01
Factors in Reuse and Reengineering of Legacy Software: 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...; Tags: Organizational structure, University of Houston, re-engineering, collaboration, software; White papers 2005-02-05
Reengineering ARSO: The African Regional Organisation for Standardisation: 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...; Tags: Re-engineering, ARSO, Organizational Structure, Financial Accounting, Human Resources, Finance; White papers 2004-12-20