Business Process Re-engineering


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Technique Overview

Business Process Re-engineering

Business Process Re-engineering Definition

Business process re-engineering (BPR) is the "fundamental rethinking and radical redesign of business processes aimed at achieving radical improvements in essential contemporary measures of performance, such as cost, quality, service and speed" (Hammer and Champy, 1993).

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  • Attaran, M. and Wood, G. (1999) How to succeed at reengineering. Management Decision, Vol.37(10), pp.752-757.
  • Cao, C., Clarke, S. and Lehaney, B. (2001) A Critique of BPR from a holistic perspective. Business Process Management Journal, Vol.7(4), pp.332-339.
  • Carter, P. (2005) Business Process Reeingineering: An Introductory Guide. Team Technology Business Resources. [online] Available at: (www.teamtechnology.co.uk/business-process-reengineering.html) [Accessed 08 November 2011].
  • CIPS: Achieving results through BPR and BPO.

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