operation flow Business Process Reengineering (BPR) was first proposed by Michael Hammer and James Champy in the United States and reached its peak in the 1990sManagement thought。Usually defined asEnterprise Strategy , Value addedOperation processAnd the restructuring and optimization of the systems, policies, organizations and structures that support themWorkflowAnd productivity optimization.Emphasize the business process as the object and center of transformation, and care about customer needs andSatisfactionFor the purpose of fundamentally rethinking and thoroughly redesigning the existing business processes, and using advanced manufacturing technology, information technology and modernManagement means, maximizeimplementation technique OnFunction integrationAnd management functions to break the traditionalFunctional organization structure, establish a new process typeorganization structureTo achieveenterprise operation Breakthrough improvements in cost, quality, service and speed.
operation flow The most important thing for restructuring is to have a sound business process restructuring management plan and implementation steps at the level of the organization's senior executives, as well as a clear understanding of the expected obstacles and obstacles.
Chinese name
Business Process Reengineering
Foreign name
Business Process Reengineering
Definition
Through restructuring and optimizing the enterprise strategy, value-added operation process and the systems, policies, organizations and structures supporting them, the purpose of optimizing the workflow and productivity is achieved
BPR (Business Process Reengineering/Business Process Re engineering/Business Process Redesign) is also translated as: business process reengineering, business process reengineering. This theory is a hot research topic in today's business and management academia.BPR theory was first famous in the United States in 1990business managementMaster Michael Hammer proposed that some large American companies, such asIBM, Kodakgeneral motors 、FordAutomobiles and others have launched BPR, trying to use it to develop themselves,Practical proofThese large enterprises have achieved great success after implementing BPR.
There are many references to the definition of BPR. For example, some people think that BPR refers to intra organizational and inter organizationalWorkflowAnd program analysis and design;Some people think that BPR is a fundamental change using information technologybusiness process To achieve the mainEnterprise objectivesMethodological procedures;There are also views that BPR is about enterprise processesBasic analysisAnd redesign to achieve significant changes in performance.Its founders, Michael Hammer and James Champy, defined it as "BPR is for enterprisesoperation flow The purpose of fundamental thinking and thorough reconstruction is to make significant improvements in cost, quality, service and speed, so that enterprises can adapt to the needs of customerscompeteModern times characterized by competition and changeenterprise operation Environment ".Although their descriptions are different, their connotations are similar, that is, the essence of BPR is a brand new enterprise business process (here, the enterprise business process refers to achieving a certainBusiness objectivesThis process is not limited by the division of existing departments and processes. It is designed in the simplest and most direct wayorganization structureTo realize the reorganization of the enterprise.
Therefore, a more comprehensive definition of BPR should refer to the adoption ofResource integration、resource optimization , to maximize the satisfaction of enterprises and supply chainsmanagement systemA method required by rapid development, which is more embodied as aManagement thought, has gone far beyondmanagement toolIts purpose is to make significant improvements in cost, quality, service and speed, so that enterprises can adapt to the modern era characterized by customers, competition and change to the maximum extentbusiness environment。
BPR is a foreign management team in TQM(Total Quality Management)、JIT(Just in time production)、WORKFLOW(WorkflowManagement), WORKTEAM(Team management)、Benchmarking managementIt is based on a series of management theories and practices that are fully launched and successful.It's the Westdeveloped countryAt the end of the century, it was a reflection and significant improvement on the specialized division of labor and organizational stratification system that had been in operation for more than 100 years.BPR is an important tool for enterprisesbureaucracyA radical reform of.
The professional division of labor and the hierarchical system of organization are the preconditions for the success of large-scale industrialization in western industrial countries《The Third Wave》In the book "Big is good"mass production The era is described in the most detailed way, and the end of its era is predicted.However, more than ten years later, large enterprises have not disappeared, but have adopted BPR and other advanced ideas to make themselves reborn.
Against this background, in combination with the practical exploration of American enterprises to challenge the threats from Japan and Europe, Hamer and Qian Pi published Reengineering the Correction in 1993, which believed that "in the past 20 years, no management trend of thought can reverse the competitiveness of the United States, such as management by objectives, diversificationZ theory、Zero based budget,value analysis, decentralizationMass circle, pursuit of excellence, restructuringfile management、Walking management、Matrix management、Internal innovationAnd one minute decision, etc. ".In 1995, Qian Pi publishedReengineering Management。Hammer and Qian Pi proposed that the originalWorkflowTo make the enterprise more suitable for the future survival and development space.This new idea shocked the management academia for a while“Enterprise reengineering”、“Process reengineering”Be talked abouthot topicThe works of Hammer and Qian Pi were translated and disseminated in large quantities at an extremely fast speed.Various publications and lectures related to this were also popular for a time. In a short time, this theory has become a research hotspot of enterprises and academia all over the world.
frame
It is urgent to establish a theoretical framework for business process reengineering and study the implementation strategies of business process reengineering, including developmentProcess analysis modelAnd standardized procedures, and construct the organizational system and management structure of business process reengineering, which is to guide enterprisesProcess reengineeringThe foundation for the successful implementation of the project is also the need for the theory to mature.
Business Process Reengineering Framework
The framework of business process reengineering includes all parts of the process of reengineering, mainly including the following aspects: a series of guiding principles;The process of business process reengineering (a series of activities and their internal relations);A series of methods and tools, and the role of these methods and tools in supporting the process of business process reengineering.The enterprise process reengineering framework covers an important part of reengineering, and enterprises can successfully complete the process of enterprise process reengineering according to the content of the framework.Figure 2-1 depicts the enterprise process reengineering framework, and the upper part of the figure illustrates theBasic structure。The process of business process reengineering is the core content of the framework, including the activities that make up the process and the relationship between the activities.The principle of business process reengineering is the guiding ideology of business process reengineering, coveringManagement scientistAnd the practical experience of various enterprises implementing BPR.The methods and tools of business process reengineering promote the practice of business process reengineering, provide specific analysis, design and implementation technologies for business process reengineering, and ensure the smooth progress of business process reengineering.
characteristic
BPM of Xieda SoftwareBusiness Process ManagementAfter the implementation of BPR for the software system, the organization presents the following characteristics:
1、 Customer focus
All employees regard customers rather than superiors asService Centre, everyone'sQuality of workCustomers make comments, not company leaders.[3]
3、 The system idea of focusing on the optimization of the overall process
Redesign various activities in the business process according to the goal of optimizing the overall process, and emphasize that the activities in each link of the process should maximize the value added and minimize the ineffectiveOr notValue added activities.[3]
4、 Pay attention to the role of everyone in the whole business process
promoteteam workAnd consider the success of individuals and the success of the process they are in as a whole.[3]
5、 EmphasizeCustomer facingIntegrate enterprise business processes with suppliers
In the process of implementing BPR, enterprises should not only consider the internal business processes of the enterprise, but also the whole process of the enterprise, customers and suppliersValue chainAnd try to realize that there is only one contact point between the enterprise and the outside, so as to make the interface between the enterprise and the supplier more interfaced and streamlined.[3]
6、 Use information technology to coordinate the contradiction between decentralization and centralization
When designing and optimizing enterprise business processes, it is emphasized that information technology should be used as far as possible to realize the one-time processing and sharing mechanism of information, transform serial workflow into parallel workflow, and coordinate the contradiction between decentralization and centralization.[3]
Technical means
The technical means of BPR mainly includeflow chartThe design and analysis of and the benchmarking method.stayCloud computing eraThe best way to implement BPR is to use cloud computing andSOABPM for IT technology conceptBusiness Process ManagementSoftware system.
Core content
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In the definition of BPR, fundamental, thoroughDramatic,, and business processes have become the four core contents of concern.
Fundamentality
The fundamental rethinking shows that BPR focuses on the core issues of the enterprise, such as "why should we do this work now", "why should we use this way to complete this work", "why must we do this work instead of others", and so on.ByEnterprise operationThinking about the most fundamental issues, enterprises will find that the business assumptions on which they rely for survival or operation are outdated, or even wrong.
Thoroughness
Thorough redesign indicates that BPR should trace back to the source of things.Instead of making superficial changes or adjusting repairs and improvements to the things that already exist, we should abandon all stereotypes, and do not need to consider all the prescribed structures and processes, innovate the way to complete the work, and reconstruct the business process of the enterprise, rather than improving, enhancing or adjusting.
Dramatic
Dramatic improvement indicates that business process reengineering is not pursuing performance improvement or slight improvement or slight improvement in the general sense, but to make enterprise performance have significant growth, great leap and dramatic change, which is also the characteristics of business process reengineering and the sign of success.
Process simplification
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Due to imperfect design, changing requirements, outdated technology, and the breeding of bureaucracy, many processes in the organization will involuntarily include a large number of processes that are not efficient, or that are not satisfactory in terms of output and value creation.Process is an effective technology to solve this problem.
opportunity
Generally speaking, in the process of implementing BPR, if the following three types of phenomena are found, enterprises can consider to selectively carry out process simplification.
(3) In the process of analyzing the problem solving process, it is found that the activities have little or no contribution to meet customer needs.
effect
By eliminating non value-added steps from business processes or simplifying them as much as possible, we can improve the efficiency of providing products and services to customers and improve the efficiency ofQuality AssuranceLinkMonitoring capability。The role of process simplification is mainly shown in the following four points:
(1) Improve responsiveness.This is mainly reflected in the product distribution link of providing support services for customers.As the cycle speed of each sub link is accelerated, it promotes the follow-up dynamic change of the following link, and ultimately improves the customer'sSatisfaction。
(3) Decrease times/Scrap rate。With the invalidity of those easy to lead to secondary/waste productslow-energyWith the reduction of links, the times/scrap rate will also decline significantly.
(4) ImproveEmployee satisfaction。Reducing the inefficiency and complexity of the process means that employees will be given more power to make specific decisions on their own work, which will undoubtedly greatly improve the enthusiasm and enthusiasm of employees to participate in work.
Simplify categories
(1) Cost oriented process simplification.This is the most basic process simplification method, which aims tocost analysis To identify and reduce the factors that induce the increase of resource input or cost. This method is applicable to those activities that have a greater impact on the price or cost of products.The premise of operation is not to damage those necessary or critical processes or activities that can ensure that customer needs are met.
(2) Time oriented process simplification.This is a kind ofProduct cycleThe process simplification method with more and more extensive operation of aspect.Its feature is to focus on the time occupied by each link of the whole process and the coordination time between each linkQuantitative analysis。
(3) Restructuring process simplification.A long-term footholdProcess capabilitySubstantial improvement, while radically improving the entire business processRedesignMethod.This method emphasizes thatbusiness organizationFind gaps and improvement space between the existing business process performance and its strategic development needs.Implementation requires the organization to develop a cross departmental and cross enterprise implementation plan from top to bottom, and the corresponding resource investment is also considerable.
Procedural methods
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Main procedures
Enterprise "reengineering" is to redesign and arrange the entire production, service and business process of the enterprise to rationalize it.Through the originalProduction and operationAll aspects and links of the processResearchAnd detailed analysis to thoroughly reform the unreasonable and unnecessary links.In the specific implementation process, the following procedures can be followed.
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Conduct a comprehensive function and efficiency analysis of the original process, and find its problems.
Operation process
Whenmarket demand、technical conditionsThe changes have made the existingOperating proceduresWhen it is difficult to adapt,Operation efficiencyOr the effectiveness of the organizational structure will be reduced.Therefore, it is necessary to analyze the current operation process from the following aspects:
①dysfunction: With the development of technologyInseparabilityTeam work (TNE), the amount of work that can be completed by individuals will change, which will increase the original work flow or fragmentationadministration cost, or the accounting unit is too large, resulting in the disconnection of rights, responsibilities and interests, and the unreasonable design of the organizationEnterprise developmentBottleneck of.
② Importance: different operation processes have different impacts on the enterprise.With the development of the market, customers' demands for products and services have changed, and the key links in the operation process and the importance of each link are also changing.
③ Feasibility: according to the characteristics of market and technology changes and the actual situation of the enterprise, identify the priorities of the problems and the entry point of process reengineering.In order to have a more targeted understanding of the above issues, it is also necessary toGo to the siteSpecifically observe and analyze the functions, constraints and key performance issues of the existing work processes.
2. Design new process improvement plans and evaluate them.
In order to design a more scientific and reasonable operation process, we must pool our wisdom and encourage innovation.When designing a new process improvement scheme, you can consider:
① Consolidate several businesses or work combinations into one;
② Each step of the workflow is carried out in its natural order;
④ Set several execution methods for the same workflow;
⑤ The work should go beyond the boundaries of the organization and be carried out in the most appropriate place;
⑥ Minimize inspection, control, adjustment and other management work;
⑦ Set the case manager.
BPR, as an idea of redesigning working mode and workflow, is of universal significance, but in terms of specific practices, it must be carried out according to the actual situation of the enterprise.Many large enterprises in the United States have conducted BPR to varying degrees, and the specific contents of some major programs are as follows:
Consolidate related work or workgroups
If a job is divided into several parts, and each part is subdivided and completed by different people, then everyone will appearconscientiousnessWeak and inefficient.Moreover, once a problem occurs in a certain link, it is not easy to find out the cause, and it is more unfavorable to the overall work progress.In this case, the enterprise can merge related work or complete the whole work by one, which not only improves efficiency, but also gives workers a sense of work achievement, thus encouraging morale.If the combined work still needs several people to take on jointly or the work is relatively complex, a team shall be established, and the team members shallJoint responsibilityFor a job from beginning to end, you can also establish a database,Information Exchange CenterTo guide the work.In this caseWorkflowWe can make correct judgments faster and better by sharing information and making ideas together.
Make the steps of the workflow follow their natural sequence
In traditional organizations, work is divided intoOrganizational unitIf one step is not completed, the next step cannot be started. This linear workflow makesworking hoursIt is greatly extended.According to the natural order of the work itself, it can be carried out simultaneously or alternatively.This non linear working mode can greatly accelerate the working speed.
The position of the same business in different jobs is different
The traditional approach is to deal with a business in the same way, so it is necessary to design the business for the most difficult and complex workprocessing method, put thisWorking methodsApply to all applicable to this businessworking processMedium.There are a lot ofTuition and miscellaneous expensesTherefore, you can set several processing methods for this business according to different work.In this way, the efficiency can be greatly improved and the work can be simplified.
Blur organizational boundaries
In traditional organizations, the work is completelyDivision of departments。In order to avoid friction in the work of various departments, a lot of coordination work has been added.Therefore, BPR can blur or even surpass the strictly defined organizational boundaries.As per P&GsupermarketThe sales and inventory conditions transmitted by the information network decide how many products are produced and delivered. They do not rely solely on their own sales departments for statistics, which also avoids a lot of coordination work.
For the proposed multiple process improvement schemes, the cost, benefit, technical conditions and risk level shall be evaluated to select the scheme with strong feasibility.
3. Develop the organizational structure matching the process improvement planHuman resource allocationandBusiness specificationsAnd other aspects to form a systematic enterprise reengineering plan.
The implementation of enterprise business processes is based on the corresponding organizational structure, human resource allocation, business standardsCommunication channelseven to the extent thatcorporate cultureAs a guarantee, only by forming a systematic enterprise reengineering program with process improvement as the core, can the expected purpose be achieved.
The implementation of enterprise reengineering plan will inevitably touch the originalInterest pattern。Therefore, we must carefully organize and advance.We should be firm in attitude, overcome resistance, and actively promote to form consensus to ensure the smooth progress of enterprise reengineering.
The implementation of enterprise reengineering does not mean the end of enterprise reengineering.In the era of accelerating social development, enterprises are always facing new challenges, which requires continuous improvement of enterprise reengineering programs to meet the needs of the new situation.
Implementation steps
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Startup of BPR project
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Develop a change plan
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Establish project team
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Analyze target process
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Redesign the target process
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Implement new design
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Re improvement
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The details are as follows:
Understand the problems existing in the enterprise and determine the goals to be achieved
First of all, the reengineering team needs to carry out systematic research and interviews with front-line staff, so as to understand the problems faced by enterprise operation, put forward requirements for process reengineering, and determine the goals to be achieved after process reengineering.
Select the business process to be reorganized
The choice is of great significance. It is related to the performance that can be achieved after the event and the exemplary role for future transformation.To select an appropriate process, it is necessary to consider the key processes that seriously affect the efficiency, cost or value-added of the enterprise and lead to the existing problems;It is necessary to consider the most important process for customers, and the list of business processes to be prioritized for reorganization can be drawn up according to the content most concerned by customers;It is necessary to consider the process that is easiest to implement successfully, so as toEasy before difficult, to obtain relatively considerable benefits with less risk, so as to make a great success and achieve the role of example.
Analyze the existing process and find out the crux
For the selected business process to be reorganized, conduct detailed and accurate process analysis, clarify the core links of the existing process, advantages and disadvantages, and existing outstanding problems, examine the departments that may be involved in the reorganization, and make a preliminary impact analysis.This link is an important process to diagnose the original process and find problems.
Design new business processes
According to the set goals, the shortcomings of the existing processes and the principles of restructuring, new processes should be redesigned, core processes should be identified, non value-added processes should be simplified or merged, and duplicate and unnecessary processes should be reduced or eliminated to build a new business process model.This is to transform the original process and solve the problemKey steps。
Evaluate new business processes
According to the enterprisebuilt-in agendaEvaluate the new process according to the actual conditions to evaluate whether it is feasible, how its benefits are and whether it can effectively achieve the original goals.
Implement and revise the new process
Implement new processes and improve them through practice[4]。
critical factor
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Combination with IE technology
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Senior management must directly lead the reorganization
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The organizational management of enterprises must be reformed
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Take appropriate strategies to guide reorganization
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Employees actively support and participate in restructuring
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Flexible composition of team members
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Professional consulting companies participate in restructuring
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Establish a sound long-term plan
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Develop stable performance metrics
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Detailed system evaluation
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Emphasize customer satisfaction
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Use performance improvement measures
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Focus on broader, fundamental and comprehensive business processes
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Emphasize teamwork
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Transform the values of the enterprise
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Promotion of senior managers
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Lower the level of decision-making in the organization
principle
Business process reengineering can create optimized business processes for enterprises and enhance their core competitiveness. The focus of business process reengineering is to eliminateValue transmissionNon in chainValue added activitiesAnd adjusting core value-added activities.The principles to be followed here are as follows.
Non value-added activities such as overproduction or oversupplywaiting time, transportation, transfer and movement, processing links in non value-added or out of control processes, inventory and documents, defects, failures and rework, repetitive tasksInformation formatReorder or transfer, mediation, inspection, monitoring and control, etc.
After eliminating unnecessary activities as far as possible, the remaining necessary activities should be simplified, such as procedures and processes, communication processes, technical analysis processes and problemsLocaleProcess, etc.
Business Process Reengineering
The simplified tasks need to be further integrated to make them smooth, coherent and able to meetcustomer need。For example, to realize order orientedSingle point contactThe whole process service ofTaskIntegration;In order to meet the needs of customers with high efficiency and quality, a team with a series of tasks that cannot be undertaken by a single member is formed;Integrate customers andsupplierResources, etc.
On the basis of completing the clearing, simplification and integration of processes and tasks, we fully use and develop the powerful functions of information technology to accelerate and improve the processCustomer serviceaccuracyAutomation for the target.
Generally, the business process after reorganization will show the following characteristics:Flattening of organization,Decision making powerLower or move outward;Audit and control are significantly reduced;Cancel the assembly line type work link;Synchronous work replaces sequential work;The work style dominated by generalists or project personnel;Manager'soperating dutyTurn into guidance, help and support.
Follow the principle
Business processes within the enterpriseReorganization processThe following basicProcess improvementPrinciple: 1. Eliminate waste;2. Reduce waste;3. Simplify the process;4. Process steps may be combined when necessary;5. Design processes with optional paths;6. Parallel thinking;7. Ondata sourcecollecting data ;8. Apply information technology to improve the process;9. Let users participateProcess reengineering。One of the most important is to "simplify the process".
The method to be followed is:
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Organize around results rather than processes
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The system idea of focusing on the optimization of the overall process
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Incorporate information processing into the actual work of generating such information
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Regard scattered resources everywhere as one
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Linking parallel work, not just their outputs
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Make the decision point at the place where the work is executed, and establish control procedures in the business process
Pay attention to the following points during actual operation:
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Establish flat organization
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Feasibility experiments should be conducted before the application of new processes
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Reengineering must estimate the personal needs of the affected people, and the parties must be invited to participate in the design of the change plan
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Reengineering should achieve initial results within 12 months
Strategic factors
Business process reengineering can only be strengthened in enterprisesstrategic roleIt is really possible to implement when.Therefore, before business process reengineering, the enterprise'smanagement strategyBecomes extremely important.Some strategic factors that need to implement BPR include:
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Recognize that competitors will have advantages in cost, speed, flexibility, quality and service.
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Strategies needed to increase operational capability.
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The need to reassess strategic choices: enter new markets or reposition products and services.
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Core operational processes are based on outdated business assumptions or technologies.
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It seems that the strategic objectives of the enterprise cannot be achieved.
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There have been new changes in the market.For example, the market share needs to be expanded and new competitors appear.When the above factors occur in enterprises, BPR will be implemented more effectively.
Effectiveness issues
“Reengineering”OnEurope and AmericaHas been highly valued by the enterprises ofeconomic performanceA large number of successful examples have emerged.In early 1994, CSCIndex (StrategyManagement consulting company)YesNorth America621 samples were taken with 6000 major European companiesquestionnaire investigation。The result of the survey is that 69% of 497 companies in North America and 75% of 124 companies in Europe have carried out one or more reengineering projects, and half of the remaining companies are also considering such projects.American Express has reduced the cost by more than $1 billion annually through reengineering.Texas InstrumentsThe semiconductor department of the company, through reengineeringIntegrated circuitThe cycle time of the order processing program ofSatisfaction, from the worst to the best, and the enterprise has reached unprecedented revenue.At the same time of the success of enterprise reengineering, another part of scholars are also seriously discussing its high level in enterprise implementationFailure rateReason for.It is believed that the problems that are easy to appear in the implementation of the enterprise reengineering theory are:
① BPR does not consider the overall operation of the enterprisestrategic thinking。
In general, the theory of enterprise reengineering conforms to the creation of enterprises through reformNew vitalityThis makes more and more scholars join in the research of BPR.Some management scholars, through a large number of examples of process re-engineering, have developed a new type of process re-engineering called“MTP”(Manage Through Process)Process managementNew method of.Its content is based on the processcontrol unit , according to the enterprisemanagement strategyAnd all links such as process planning, design, construction, operation and regulationsystem management, comprehensively consider the interaction between various operation processesConfigure Relationship, and management processAdaptation issues。It can be said that "MTP" is the expansion and deepening of reengineering, which enables enterprises tooperating activitiesAll processes of the project shall be subject to unified command and comprehensive coordination.Therefore, as a newmanagement theory And methods, enterprise reengineering is still developing.
case
Since 1999,HaierStarted process reengineering and implemented“concurrent engineering ”And make Haier's "Meigaomei" color TV setproduct designI played a beautiful speed game.As isDevelopment programIt takes 6 months from the design to the overall launch of the product;According to the fastest product development program in the world, it took three months, while Haier's "MGM" color TV set only took two months.
matters needing attention
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Business restructuringIts successful implementation plays an important role in the continuous development of everything, and the understanding of its precautions is the prerequisite to ensure its successful implementation.
When an enterprise is at a low ebb, it cannot give up.Enterprises should strive to passEnterprise restructuring, vigorously strengthenIntensive operationLevel, we should keep up with the first-class enterprises, practice our internal skills hard, constantly enhance our core competitiveness and ability, and strengthen our resistance to market shocks.
The competition of enterprises is the competition of talents.The competitiveness of talents and teams will be an important factor for Chinese enterprises to participate in market competitiveness.fromhuman resources developmentFrom a perspective, some private enterprises have neglectedtalent strategyandteam building, especially the construction of marketing teamEnterprise marketcompetitive powerLow.
To improve sustainabilityDevelopment capacityThrough financing, enterprises tap internal forces, vigorously strengthen R&D strength, concentrate resources, and enhance productSelf developmentAbility to take the initiative in market competition.