Reengineering: A Focus on Enterprise Integration

Sant Arora and Sameer Kumar
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Sant Arora: Department of Mechanical Engineering, University of Minnesota, 111 Church Street, Minneapolis, Minnesota 55455
Sameer Kumar: Department of Manufacturing Systems and Engineering, University of St. Thomas, 2115 Summit Avenue, St. Paul, Minnesota 55105-1079

Interfaces, 2000, vol. 30, issue 5, 54-71

Abstract: We surveyed industries to determine what factors trigger reengineering, the nature of reengineering projects, common causes of failure, some guidelines for reducing the chances of failure, and ways to minimize losses incurred while recovering from failed projects. Improving enterprise integration is essential to improving system performance. The advances in information technology make achieving integration feasible even in very complex systems. Decision makers, instead of striving to achieve local objectives can optimize extended value-added functions that include co-related customers. They can optimize entire supply chains reaching to end customers (both internal and external). Petrinets, tools for simulating complex systems, provide a useful frames for iteratively optimizing supply chains.

Keywords: ORGANIZATIONAL STUDIES—DESIGN; INFORMATION SYSTEMS—MANAGEMENT (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2000
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