W7 - BPR Methodologies (2)

As-Is business process modeling phase represents one of the core activities of the entire research work. Appropriate modeling methods need to be evaluated to describe the different levels and to determine the details of the enterprise business processes. Each method has its own strengths and weaknesses, and describe the different business scenarios. In addition, the model generated using different methods need to be integrated.

The main task of this stage is to simulate the entire enterprise activities. The resulting workflow model clearly shows each department or production activities in the field, and how they affect each other. The experience gained in the project from a similar industry a lot of modeling skills. Comprehensive model of the current business practices, which provides the analytical framework of a business process, materials and information flow.

Analyzing the current practice results in identifying opportunities for improvement field. Improvement of the common areas is to remove redundant or non-value-added tasks, the same information, which may cause the error, unity and summed up the common tasks that occur in different sectors, multiple-entry and redundant intermediate report. Reorganization of human resources is necessary in order to rationalize the workflow of the entire enterprise, thus shortening the process cycle time.

The core activities at this critical stage is to produce future or "To-BE" model to describe how the hosting business in the future. Also identified the main processes of these models need the support of the IT system functions in order to achieve the goals of the company.

A major outcome of this research is the "best practices" model for the development of specific vertical industries. Subsequently, these models can be used as a knowledge base to guide the new business process reengineering practitioners and businesses to provide business process improvement roadmap.

A formal method for business process reengineering has been developed. The main purpose of this approach is to help companies streamline their business processes, according to each company's goal.
Lead to re-design the business process flow business model, and then use the benchmarks and assessments of off-the-shelf enterprise-class IT software to determine how they adapt to the corporate strategy and objectives.

Source / Reference:

1)  S. M. Bitzer, "Workflow Reengineering: A Methodology for Business Process Re-engineering with Workflow Management Technology", Masters Thesis, Naval Postgraduate School, September 1995

2)  T. H. Davenport, "Process Innovation: Re-engineering Work Through Information Technology", Boston: Harvard Business School Press, 1993