AN EXAMPLE OF THE APPLICATION OF PRODUCTION SYSTEM-DESIGN TOOLS FOR THE IMPLEMENTATION OF BUSINESS PROCESS REENGINEERING

The concepts behind business process reengineering (BPR) have become a n important management tool and are likely here to stay. There have be en a variety of BPR implementation approaches developed, but many of t hem lack the specifies required for an actual BPR implementation. This paper illustrates how borrowing from the approaches developed for pro duction system design, specifically binary ordering for machine cell f ormation for forming business process teams, can open up a whole area of existing tools that can assist in BPR implementation. Simple, yet p owerful, the resulting methodology can increase the efficacy of BPR ef forts.