Understanding and implementing CIM through BPR
International Journal of Operations & Production Management
ISSN: 0144-3577
Article publication date: 1 November 1998
Abstract
CIM and BPR are seen as two kinds of means whereby performance can be improved while flexibility is, at the same time, also being enhanced. Highlights similarities as well as differences between BPR and CIM through comparative analysis. Emphasizes that CIM is still an incremental approach to enterprise performance improvement although much information technology is being used, and that radical changes will not be achieved without combining with BPR. Analyzes the effects of BPR on CIM in three aspects: production process, organizational structure and information technology. Proposes that the aims of CIM based on BPR are designing of customer‐oriented production process, creating of teamwork‐centered and flexible organization consisting of some from market‐to‐market process chains and building of distributed, simplified and integrated supporting information system.
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Citation
Liu, S. and Chen, R. (1998), "Understanding and implementing CIM through BPR", International Journal of Operations & Production Management, Vol. 18 No. 11, pp. 1125-1133. https://doi.org/10.1108/01443579810241984
Publisher
:MCB UP Ltd
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