{"id":5651,"date":"2019-11-05T07:32:59","date_gmt":"2019-11-05T12:32:59","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/flevy.com\/blog\/?p=5651"},"modified":"2020-12-20T20:37:38","modified_gmt":"2020-12-21T01:37:38","slug":"business-process-reengineering-bpr-are-we-succeeding-or-failing","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/flevy.com\/blog\/business-process-reengineering-bpr-are-we-succeeding-or-failing\/","title":{"rendered":"Business Process Reengineering (BPR): Are We Succeeding or Failing?"},"content":{"rendered":"

Business Process Reengineering (BPR)<\/a> is a practice of rethinking and redesigning the way work is done to better support an \"\"organization’s\u00a0mission and reduce costs. In all too many companies, reengineering has been not only a great success but also a great failure. After months, even years, of a careful redesign, these companies achieve dramatic improvements in individual processes only to watch overall results decline.<\/p>\n

The promise of reengineering is not empty. It can actually deliver revolutionary process improvements, and major reengineering efforts are being conducted around the world. It can even lead organizations to achieve a successful Business Transformation<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Yet, companies cannot convey these results to the bottom line.<\/p>\n

The Strategy that is BPR<\/h2>\n

Business Process Reengineering (BPR) is a Business Management strategy focused on the analysis and design of workflows and business processes within an organization. Often, companies direct Process Reengineering initiative on 2 key areas of business. One is in the use of modern technology to enhance data dissemination and the decision- making process. The second key area is the alteration of functional organizations to form functional teams.<\/p>\n

As a strategy, Business Process Reengineering can greatly impact on the organization. It can help organizations fundamentally rethink how work must be done to improve customer service, cut operational costs, and become world-class competitors. It can help companies radically restructure their organizations by focusing on the ground-up design of their business process. BPR, as a strategy, can direct organizations to achieve Operational Excellence<\/a>.<\/p>\n

In the process, there are 2 dimensions that are critical in translating these short-term narrow-focus process improvements<\/a> into long-term profits.<\/p>\n

Understanding the 2 Dimensions of BPR<\/h2>\n

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  1. Breadth<\/strong>. Breadth is a dimension of BPR that focuses on the range of activity types within a process. It includes the identification of activities includes in the process being redesigned that are critical for value creation<\/a> in the overall business unit. Breadth can reduce overall business unit costs and can even reveal unexpected opportunities for a redesign.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n
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    1. Depth<\/strong>. This is the dimension of BPR that focuses on the abstraction levels of process logic within a process. It refers to how many and how much of the depth levers change as a result of reengineering<\/a>. Depth provides the most dramatic process cost reduction and avoids the classic reengineering pitfall of focusing on fixing the status quo.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

      Having a good understanding of the 2 Dimensions of BPR<\/a> will open a range of opportunities for organizations to achieve innovative performance and enhancements.<\/p>\n

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