With risk defined as the possibility of deviation in the results from the expected goals, business process reengineering (BPR) initiatives clearly involve risk taking. However, due to the high expected returns of such efforts, the acceptable risk levels of BPR will tend to be greater than those of less ambitious projects. This research reports the development of a tool to quantitatively estimat...

This study examines organizational factors that affect the implementation of business process reengineering (BPR) when applying two specific Information Technologies (i.e., electronic data interchange and/or Internet technology). This research uses a survey methodology to gather information about how organizational enablers and IT affect BPR implementation. By determining the factors that affec...

Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) is resistant to beta-lactam antibiotics because it expresses penicillin-binding protein 2a (PBP2a), a low-affinity penicillin-binding protein. An investigational broad-spectrum cephalosporin, ceftobiprole (BPR), binds PBP2a with high affinity and is active against MRSA. We hypothesized that BPR resistance could be mediated by mutations in mecA,...

Business process reengineering (BPR) and systems reengineering (SR) are often implemented separately, in an uncoordinated fashion. Yet practitioners realize that BPR can be informed by SR and that SR can benefit from the application of BPR concepts. This research indicates that potential synergies can result when BPR and SR are pursued in an integrated fashion. The paper presents an integrated ...

Business Process Re-engineering (BPR) does not merely represent change – it means dramatic change. BPR necessitates a complete change in organizational structures, management systems, employee responsibilities and performance measurements, incentive systems, skill development, and the use of Information Technology (IT). It affects every single aspect of doing business. At one level, BPR can be ...

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to illustrate the application of business process reengineering (BPR) and benchmarking principles to redesign an undergraduate course on BPR to achieve continuous improvements. The principles are applied on a course on BPR in the curriculum of engineering management (EM) program at Stevens Institute of Technology. The EM program aims to provide the student...

Business Process Reengineering (BPR) is designed to address the BPR concepts, the technologies and the strategies for implementing business transformation and best practices by emphasizing the role of BPR in managing technology and the engineering functions. BPR was first introduced to the senior year engineering students in 2006. The course was then redesigned in 2007 to improve student learni...

The factors that lead to business process re-engineering (BPR) success in small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) are not clearly understood. This article reviews the main contributing factors to BPR success using a framework that considers culture, structure, technology and resource. Eight Taiwanese case studies are used to explore issues contributing to, or impeding, successful process re-e...