As new technologies surface through innovations and inventions, it affects our daily way of life. This includes the personal end as well as on the business end. As newer business technologies come up, processes have to be changed to incorporate the new changes and to ensure the business practices stay up to date.
In such a scenario, the need of the hour is Business Process Reengineering, while many confuse it as business process management. So let’s have a look at what is Business Process Reengineering.
The process of changing the core functions of the business resulting in new processes and workflows is called business process reengineering (BPR).
In BPR one does not just make changes to the existing practices to suit the needs of the modern business practices, but totally revamps the entire process from the ground up.
It is a systematic process with business process re-engineering tools that use to bring the new process into play. Many businesses tend to bring in a third-party consultant to the table to help them design and implement BPR.
It is not always necessary that someone from the leadership would be vigilant enough to identify the need for BPR. An employee can also spot the need, but the pointers need to be absolutely clear. Especially to what changes are required because these need to be communicated to the leadership accordingly. Hence there is a need to build a proper business case for this.
Communicating with the management about the need for BPR can be tricky. As they will not be open to it immediately since there is some cost in the entire exercise.
Hence as mentioned above, the need to build a business case and pitching it to the management is important so that it grabs their attention and proves to them that BPR is actually beneficial for the organization.
This is a critical juncture in BPR since if the team is wrong, it can lead to a whole big mess which can be too much to handle.
Hence identify the right people in the organization to take the lead for this. Or to avoid any such circumstances, it is important to seek outside help from consultants.
Defining KPIs is important so that one can measure if the implementation of BPR is correct and if it has been able to bring in the results.
Post that, identify which processes are hurting the organizations and eliminate them. Bring in some fresh ideas to implement which will be helpful to the organization.
Once the planning is done, all that is left is to implement the BPR plan. Ensure that every employee which is affected by this is properly informed and ensures timely feedback so that one can measure if the BPR implementation has been successful or not.
As an organization, if the above business process re-engineering techniques are followed to the maximum extent possible, it will be a welcome change for the company’s business processes and be beneficial in the long run.
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