The purpose of this paper is to help demystify the confusion on Business Process Reengineering (BPR). This is achieved through a review of the literature covering the period from the late 1980s to 1998. Articles published in the leading business journals and the more popular business magazines were included in the review, as well as books published on the topic. The paper first discusses the ne...

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...

Despite the widespread adoption of business process re-engineering (BPR), it has in many cases repeatedly failed to deliver its promised results. The lack of integrated implementation approach to exploiting BPR is seen as one of the important reasons amongst others, behind BPR failures. Yet, a relative void in the literature remains the scarcity of suitable models and frameworks that address th...

Business process reengineering (BPR) has been a popular business improvement strategy for the past decade. However, Holland and Kumar (Getting past the obstacles to successful reengineering, Business Horizons, 1995, p. 79) noted that 60–80% of BPR initiatives have been unsuccessful. An extensive review of the literature revealed significant gaps in research in this area of technology and innova...

Fortune 500 company annual reports explicitly discussed reengineering efforts that were currently under way. One analyst recently estimated the annual market for BPR services in U.S.-based companies at $1.8 billion; another predicts a growth of 20 percent each year from 1994 to 1996 (Caldwell 1994). To measure the long-term impact of this work, one must consider a multiple of this figure as the...

This research examines the relationship between the organizational factors (such as justice and organizational climate) and behaviors regarding the implementation of enterprise resource planning (ERP) system. Business Process Reengineering (BPR) is emphasized due to its essentiality to ERP success and the symbiotic relationship. There has been much research that has focused on the relationship ...

Since early 1990’s, Business Process Reengineering (BPR) has become a buzzword around the world. Of the BPR methods and models suggested, the majority has put much attention on redesigning processes at operational levels. Those who stress the importance of strategic process reengineering tend to emphasize that redesigning should be embarked and implemented at a broader scope (crossfunctional) i...

In today’s competitive environment, business process reengineering has a great role in improving operational efficiency for most organizations. This paper bases on social network analysis (SNA) as a new approach to work over configurable efficiency for business process reengineering without respect to other factors. Organization is regard as the network where units or actor are as nodes and rel...