This paper presents a case study conducted in a semi-conductor manufacturing company concerning information systems planning in the context of reengineering business models for elogistics. A framework based on business process reengineering (BPR) is described. To enhance BPR efforts, the benchmarking technique is introduced as an analysis tool for redesigning business models. The framework emph...

KOPeR is developed to automate three key intellectual activities required for process redesign--process measurement, pathology diagnosis, and transformation matching. This KBS tool is used in the laboratory to redesign a commercial process from the reengineering literature and then employed in the field to redesign operational procurement processes in the context of an "industrial strength" ree...

The problem of reengineering of legacy systems, in the widest sense, is widely recognised as one of the most signiicant challenges facing software engineers. So-called legacy systems are normally, but not necessarily, large systems built in an era before encapsulation and com-ponentisation were regarded as fundamental tenets of design. Through a gradual process of accretion and change, they hav...

Program comprehension is the most expensive activity of software maintenance. The diierent phases of a reuse reengineering process involves comprehension activities for understanding the structure of existing systems, the functionality implemented by a reuse-candidate module and the reengineering eeort. We present an integrated environment implemented in Prolog for reuse reengineering existing ...

Reengineering of operational legacy system is a novel technique for software rejuvenation. Reengineering is used specifically to satisfy and even delight modern customers and market with the value of our software products and services to gain their loyalty and repeat business. However, it incurs some overhead in terms of risk. The basic necessity for the successful implementation of reengineeri...

Many organisations in the West have undertaken business process reengineering initiatives with the aim of improving organisational performance. These initiatives inevitably involve redesign and alterations to the existing information systems that support the business processes. The implications for information systems and how an organisation’s existing systems can evolve to support a reengineer...

IN THE REALM OF CONSTITUTIONAL LAW, feder-alism can be classified as a perennial issue, its history predating the adoption of the constitution itself.' Federalism conveys both a sense of structure and a sense of mandate, and while it is not as constant a presence in constitutional jurisprudence as issues affecting individual rights, it is a concept, nevertheless, which is a deeply rooted one, f...