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Kultur Dokumente
2010/10/18
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Outline
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Introduction Background Two successful reengineering The essence of reengineering Seven principles of reengineering Conclusions
Introduction
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Hammer said, It is time to stop paving the cow paths. Instead of embedding outdated processes in silicon and software, we should obliterate them and start over. We should use the power of modern information technology to radically redesign our business processes in order to achieve dramatic improvements in their performance.
Background
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Information technology
- Heavy investments in IT have delivered disappointing results - Leave exist processes intact and use computers simply to speed them up
- Fords North American accounts payable department employed more than 500 people - Rationalizing processes and installing new computer systems could reduce the head count by 20%
- Only 5 people
Accounts pay
Purchasing department
Purchase order
Purchase order
goods Vender
invoice payment
Purchasing Department
info.
Purchase order
check
accept transaction if okay
goods
return order if not okay
Database
Vender
payment
75% reduction in head count (to 125 clerks) No discrepancies between the financial record and the physical record, material control is simpler and financial information is more accurate.
Decision situation
- The long, multi step process involved - Applications go through 30 discrete steps, 5 departments, involved 19 people - Turnaround time: 24hrs(best), 5~25days(typical) - Actual work done: 17 mins
Goal
- Improve customer service - Demand a 60% improvement in productivity
people
department
Customers
Customers
Databases
Computer network
Case manager
Case managers
Complete an application in 4 hrs Average turnaround time : 2~5 days Eliminate 100 field office positions Handle 2 times volume of new applications
Strive for dramatic levels of improvement Break away from conventional wisdom and the constraints of organizational boundaries Be broad and cross-functional Use information technology not to automate an existing process but to enable a new one
Reengineer
Have those who use the output of the process perform the process
Vender Vender
Reengineer
Databases
Subsume information-processing work into the real work that produces the information
Purchasing Dep. check Purchase order
Database
accept transaction
Accounts payable Dep.
payment
Reengineer
centralized resources
Dep. Unit
Databases
Reengineer
integrated result
Databases
Put the decision point where the work is performed, and build control into the process
Expert systems
Manager
Supervisor
Reengineer
Databases
Worker
Info.
Reengineer
DB
Conclusions
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Think big Many area of the organization Executive leadership with real vision Commitment, consistency Information technology offers many options If managers have the vision, reengineering will provide a way
Reengineering, properly, is the fundamental rethinking and radical redesign of business processes to archive dramatic improvements in critical, contemporary measure of performance, such as cost, quality, service, and speed.
Michael Hammer & James Champy, Reengineering the Corporation: A Manifesto for Business Revolution
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Thank You!