A modelling and evaluation methodology for E-Commerce enabled BPR

This paper aims at becoming a first effort for the development of a structured methodology for the evaluation of alternative Electronic Business technologies to be introduced into SME everyday business practices. The main tools used in the evaluation process are Discrete Event Simulation and Activity Based Costing. The business process modelling is carried out using the GRAI methodology supported by IDEF0 and IDEF3 activity modelling tools. The first results of this methodology demonstrate the evaluation process for a Greek medium-sized enterprise operating in the Clothing Industry, up to the simulation model level. Description of further research efforts is given in the end of the paper.