Make no mistake, BPR is not for everyone. As the TQM and downsizing examples show, trying to make fundamental change can be expensive, and if not successful the cash DRAIN or adverse impact on productivity can make the organization fail. BPR is aggressive TREATMENT that can kill the patient. It is not only fixing the symptoms, but involves surgery, invasive therapy, and changes in lifestyle.

Don't enter into BPR if what your organization has is a common cold:

only do it if you have heart disease, cancer, or some other life-threatening illness. But the fact is, most GOVERNMENT agencies do have a life-threatening disease. We're facing shrinking budgets. We have been mandated with dramatic reductions in ADMINISTRATIVE expenses. Do you really know how much it costs you to perform your processes? ONE institution I worked with found that their average cost to process a purchase order was $100, and the average value was only $200: 33% of their procurement costs were in their own pap.

Make no mistake, BPR is not for everyone. As the TQM and downsizing examples show, trying to make fundamental change can be expensive, and if not successful the cash drain or adverse impact on productivity can make the organization fail. BPR is aggressive treatment that can kill the patient. It is not only fixing the symptoms, but involves surgery, invasive therapy, and changes in lifestyle.

Don't enter into BPR if what your organization has is a common cold:

only do it if you have heart disease, cancer, or some other life-threatening illness. But the fact is, most government agencies do have a life-threatening disease. We're facing shrinking budgets. We have been mandated with dramatic reductions in administrative expenses. Do you really know how much it costs you to perform your processes? One institution I worked with found that their average cost to process a purchase order was $100, and the average value was only $200: 33% of their procurement costs were in their own pap.