By Dennis Fisher

Business Process Management (BPR) – Process Redesign and Simplification'

A process- managed enterprise makes rapid changes. The problems are in the processes. Process redesign is the way to the future. The problem is which way to redesign and how to keep it simple so that it really works when you're done. This Business Process Redesign article will help you develop a set of tools and techniques that will enable you to do the redesign correctly. Flow-charting, times, distance, constraints, lot sizes and signal systems are the keys to the redesign.

You can be certain that these tools and techniques will all be in use by your competition if they take this course before you. Process redesign is one of the top 25 most popular and proven power tools used around the world. The countable results of process redesign are net profit, return on investment and cash flow increases. It is a fully integrated approach to overall company growth. The critical issues that must be addressed in a BPR campaign are:

1. Develop strategies for ongoing business process redesign and ongoing improvement.
2. Generate many new ideas and techniques for the right way to make changes.
3. Identify the shift from data-centric to process-centric.
4. Identify the real problems to address during process redesign.
5. Define a system to ensure continuous process redesign and improvement.

There are 4 segments of the Business Process Redesign.

1. Why Redesign?: First, determine the competitive advantages driven by process redesign. Determine the competitive advantages driven by process redesign. Start with Quality, Price, and On-Time and Accurate delivery. Now define which advantages you want to maximize. Then record any current research which affects your industry. Define your Supply Chain Model. (Check the SCOR Model-Google). From there build a strategy for process redesign to reach the model.
2. What is the redesign model? Second, define the sources of process problems. Then, define waste and the power of its effect on the model. Now, plot the flow of work through the business. You will need to learn the core ideas and impacts behind flow charts and processes – essentially the time and distance that any item takes to pass through. Now, from this data you can redesign your process flows and remove the time and distance waste and count the results.
3. Use these Secrets to applying the BPR techniques. Third, use the flow analysis to learn where and how Bottlenecks work. They completely drive the goals of a business. You must be sure to define the most critical synchronous goals in the business. The rule is: there is only one bottleneck at any time and it sets the rate of output for the entire company output! Then, define the key bottlenecks and layout a plan to reduce them every day. When one is reduced, the next one will absolutely appear. Find it and do it again.
4. Build a process redesign strategy for the future. Finally, Define the most effective team structure for process improvement. Kaizen techniques do this well. List and prioritize the ongoing bottleneck actions needed to build a continuously improving process. Be sure to reinforce and reward the improvement actions done through the teams. Build measures and evaluations that continue to reflect and reinforce improvement.