Automating Business Process Re-Engineering: Using the Power of Visual Simulation Strategies to Improve Performance and Profit (2nd Edition) [Paperback]

Gregory A. Hansen (Author)

Book Description

Series: Prentice Hall International Series in Industrial and Systems | Publication Date: February 1997

For Business Management courses and Computer Information Systems courses using visual simulation models as strategic tools for improving performance and profit through manufacturing, operations, finance, sales or marketing. This mainstream, must-read business primer focuses the use of simulation and modeling as a tool for a whole systems approach to enterprise business process reengineering. More importantly, this book is about the capability to drive intelligent enterprise decision-making, enabling users to make strategic business decisions based on predictive outcomes through the use of simulation and modeling, impacting every key functional area of an organization.

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It's about the capability to drive intelligent enterprise decision-making, enabling users to make strategic business decisions based on preditive outcomes through the use of simulation and modeling, impacting every key functional area of an organization. The power of simulation and modelling is clearly illustrated in case study after case study in the book, and demonstrates how widespread its use could and should be as a decision making tool to improve performance and profit and increase the competitive advantage of an organization.

Product Details

• Paperback: 250 pages
• Publisher: Prentice Hall PTR; 2nd edition (February 1997)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0135769841
• ISBN-13: 978-0135769843
• Product Dimensions: 9.2 x 6.9 x 0.6 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.2 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 3.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,741,274 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A new culture in the management of changes, April 4, 2000

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This review is from: Automating Business Process Re-Engineering: Using the Power of Visual Simulation Strategies to Improve Performance and Profit (2nd Edition) (Paperback)

In this book is developed the way to manage changes in engineering processes, demonstrating the power of sumulation really. Hansen has obtained the wanted theory-practice binomial, which is not common in business literature. I think that a phrase that summarizes properly his work in this book is: "if an engineer doesn't measure, can't control anything", although surely Hansen would say "business man". instead of "engineer".

1 of 11 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars Non Value-Added...., August 23, 1998

By A Customer

This review is from: Automating Business Process Re-Engineering: Using the Power of Visual Simulation Strategies to Improve Performance and Profit (2nd Edition) (Paperback)

The mere premise that BPR has failed to deliver or alienated various groups all for the lack of an animated flowchart shareware....

Come on, I'm supposed to take this to my CIO ???