Abstract
For almost a decade, Business Process Reengineering (BPR) has met
a high degree of criticism as project implementations have failed
to succeed in industry and public organisations. A vast majority
of the reengineering literature recommends that information
technology (IT) should enhance the efficiency of the concept.
However, limited directions are provided.This article suggests
that Continuous Acquisition and Lifecycle Support (CALS) is a
viable concept to complement and thus consolidate BPR. This is
based on two hypotheses stating that CALS provides guidelines for
applying IT to increase the likelihood of BPR success. Firstly,
CALS contributes to process orientation and process organising in
a BPR project. This is partly because CALS satisfies the increased
information need of the process team members and partly because
CALS breaks down information-based barriers. Secondly, CALS
contributes to process design because CALS enables information
sharing. CALS-based information sharing has a Virtual Integrated
Database serving as a visionary foundation for a BPR project.
Original language | English |
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Title of host publication | Consolidating BPR with CALS |
Publication date | 1999 |
Pages | 91-106 |
Publication status | Published - 1999 |
Event | 14th Integrated Productions Systems Research Seminar - Fuglsoe, Denmark Duration: 1 Jan 1999 → … Conference number: 14 |
Conference
Conference | 14th Integrated Productions Systems Research Seminar |
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Number | 14 |
Country/Territory | Denmark |
City | Fuglsoe |
Period | 01/01/1999 → … |