THE ROLE OF IDEF IN PROCESS RE-ENGINEERING : *Dr Roger Maull, *Dr Stephen Childe, *Mr Adam Weaver **Mr Jan Bennett, *Mr Paul Brown, *Mr Jim O’Brien, **Mr Simon High.

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THE ROLE OF IDEF IN PROCESS RE-ENGINEERING

ABSTRACT

Business Process Re-engineering (BPR) is becoming a key enabler of the 1990’s for companies seeking to achieve competitive advantage. BPR offers the opportunity for sustained competitive advantage through radical reductions in lead time and cost and substantial service level improvements. Increasing attention is being paid to BPR by many manufacturing companies including Lucas, IBM, ABB, BAe, HP and Rank Xerox.