Re-engineering Work Research Articles

Casting all your Anxieties on Him (1 Peter 5:7): Assessing the Impact of Spirituality on Mental Health

Creating an environment where re-engineering of the future of work in the post- COVID-19 era will be possible is invaluable. As church members try to make meaning of heart-wrenching situations, their spirituality is fundamental. This study assessed the effect of spirituality on mental health. A theoretical approach was adopted, and related literature was employed to assess the impact of spirituality on mental well-being. It evaluates how one's connection to the divine can be soothing during troubling times. A brief theological analysis of 1 Peter 5:7, as it relates to cognitive and affective stability, forms an integral part. Re-engineering work in the post-COVID-19 era entails adopting therapies that depend on a higher power for sustenance to meet complex challenges, such as spiritually informed therapies including prayer. Mental health specialists and clergy can adopt flexible modern methods of care, integrating spirituality into mental health and harmonizing their activities.

The end of enterprise resource planning

The Harvard Business Review ran an article in 1990 by management consultant and former Massachusetts Institute of Technology computer science professor Michael Hammer titled “Reengineering Work: Do...

Automation and Process Re-engineering Work Together to Achieve Six Sigma Quality: A 27-Year History of Continuous Improvement.

In most clinical laboratories, examination quality is considered excellent, whereas pre-/postexamination quality is an area for focused improvement. In our organization, 1 pre-/postexamination quality metric, namely, lost specimens, as tracked continuously for 27 years, has demonstrated steady improvement. During this period, many of our processes transitioned to highly automated effectors. Concurrently, we implemented behavioral controls and reengineered error-prone processes. We believe that this bilateral approach has conclusively lowered our lost specimen rates. Using data spanning 27 years, we plotted the correlation between lost specimens and the implementation dates for 8 major phases of automation, as well as 19 process improvements and engineering controls. The lost specimen rate decreased nearly 100-fold. In Six Sigma terms, the 12 month moving average for lost specimens currently hovers at approximately 5.94 sigma, with 11 months at or better than 6 sigma. Although the combination of implementation of process improvements, engineering controls, and automation contributed to the reduction, automation was the most significant contributor. The custom automation in use by our laboratory has led to improved pre-/postexamination quality. Although this automation may not be possible for all laboratories, our description of 19 behavior and engineering controls may be useful to others seeking to design high quality pre-/postexamination processes.

Experimental investigation on a Common Rail Diesel engine partially fuelled by syngas

The high efficiency, reliability and flexibility of modern passenger car Diesel engines makes these power units quite attractive for steady power plants totally or partially running on fuels derived from biomass, in particular on syngas. The engine cost, which is obviously higher than that of current industrial engines, may not be a big obstacle, provided that the re-engineering work is limited and that performance and efficiency are enhanced. The goal of this work is to explore the potential of a current automotive turbocharged Diesel engine running on both Diesel fuel and syngas, by means of a comprehensive experimental investigation focused on the combustion process. The engine is operated at the most typical speed employed in steady power plants (3000rpm), considering three different loads (50–100–300Nm/16–31–94kW). For each operating condition, the syngas rate is progressively increased until it provides a maximum heating power of 85kW, while contemporarily reducing the amount of injected Diesel oil. Maximum care is applied to guarantee a constant quality of the syngas flow throughout the tests, as well as to maintain the same engine control parameters, in particular the boost pressure.It is found that in-cylinder pressure traces do not change very much, even when drastically reducing the amount of Diesel fuel: this is a very encouraging result, because it demonstrates that there is no need to radically modify the standard stock engine design. Another promising outcome is the slight but consistent enhancement of the engine brake efficiency: the use of syngas not only reduces the consumption of Diesel oil, but it also improves the combustion quality.The authors acknowledge that this study is only a starting basis: further investigation is required to cover all the aspects related to the industrial application of this syngas-Diesel combustion concept, in particular the impact on pollutant emission and on engine durability.

The effect of onsite-offshore work division on project cost, schedule, and quality for re-engineering projects in Indian outsourcing software industry

Purpose – The aim of this paper is to make an attempt to find good values of onsite–offshore team strength; number of hours of communication between business users and onsite team and between onsite and offshore team to reduce cost and improve schedule for re-engineering projects in global software development environment. Design/methodology/approach – The system dynamics technique is used for simulation model construction and policy run experimentation. The experts from Indian software outsourcing industry were consulted for model construction, validation and analysis of policy run results in both co-located and distributed software development environment. Findings – The study results show that there is a drop in the overall team productivity in outsourcing environment by considering the offshore options. But the project cost can be reduced by employing the offshore team for coding and testing work only with minimal training for imparting business knowledge. The research results show that there is a potential to save project cost by being flexible in project schedule. Research limitations/implications – The study found that there could be substantial cost saving for re-engineering projects with a loss of project schedule when an appropriate onsite–offshore combination is used. The quality and productivity drop, however, were rather small for such combinations. The cost savings are high when re-engineering work is sent to offshore location entirely after completion of requirement analysis work at onsite location and providing training to offshore team in business knowledge The research findings show that there is potential to make large cost savings by being flexible in project schedule for re-engineering projects. Practical implications – The software project manager can use the model results to divide the software team between onsite and offshore location during various phases of software development in distributed environment. Originality/value – The study is novel as there is little attempt at finding the team distribution between onsite and offshore location in global software development environment.

System reengineering in mechanism design and implementation for unmanned ultra-light (Part I)

The demand of Unmanned Aircraft System (UAS) with high payload and low speed performance is emerging for the system development in Sky-Net project. It is usually difficult to meet cabin capacity requirement for large size system and heavy equipment. The idea to convert an Ultra-Light Aircraft (ULA) into an unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) is studied with system design and fabrication for preliminary tests by a complete reengineering work. Using the hydraulic actuation, an Eipper ULA is redesigned and reconstructed into an Unmanned Ultra-Light (UUL) system. Preliminary design and engineering work are presented in this part of this UUL reengineering project. System considerations to meet specifications are described in details. The reengineering installation has completed for control implementation flight realization into an operation system.

System Reengineering in Flight Control Verification for Unmanned Ultra-Light (Part II)

The re-engineering work to convert an Ultra-Light Aircraft (ULA) into unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) for flight performance test is presented in this paper. The modified Unmanned Ultra-Light (UUL) is redesigned by hydraulic control system for flight verifications. The proposed system mainly maneuvers hydraulic actuator in conjunction with linear variable differential transformer (LVDT). A linearized and offset calibration process is created to assure correct feedback in control actuation. For autopilot flight control, a Paparazzi flight control is implemented for 3-axis operation. Following ground tests, the proposed UUL carries out flight test with a complete autopilot control with waypoint routing. This paper presents a preliminary fight test result of UUL in supporting Sky-Net Project.

The Necessity of Using CRM

Today, according to the complexity and extent of the activities of each organization and increasing in the number of organizations and variety of their services, the necessity of using CRM to improve service quality and more deeper relationships with customers in order to satisfy customers and survive in the competitive environment is a purposeful strategy. This targeted approach is divided into three technology branches, which include: Operational CRM which has its sub-categories such as SFA (mechanized sale power) and CSS (types of customer relationship), Analytic CRM: continuing and keeping association through the various way with customer and customer's revisiting the organization Cooperational CRM: Analyzing the data, the result will have direct impact on operational department CRM also has Processes of implementation, which include: CRM design and strategy development, Re-design activities with respect to CRM strategy, Re-engineering work processes and select appropriate software. CRM also has a main model for implementation that this model includes seven basic elements: 1-creating data base 2-analysis 4-Targeting customers 3-Selecting customer 5-Customer relationship marketing 6-priv ate topics 7-measuring

The use of management texts: Hammer's reengineering

The widespread citation of management texts in academic journals implies that they are a significant influence on the diffusion and implementation of management concepts. This article applies a neo-institutional analysis to the use of two widely cited management texts in the diffusion of a management fashion: Reengineering Work (Harv. Bus. Rev. 68 (1990) 104) and Reengineering the Corporation (Reengineering the Corporation: a Manifesto for Business Revolution, HarperCollins, New York, 1993). It is seen that these texts do not prescribe a methodology for reengineering, but instead of being a weakness this “hollow core” creates a space for actors to reinterpret the concept while drawing on its symbolic force. The texts are kept in circulation by the need of academics to cite foundational texts and the symbolic value of foundational texts to legitimise management practices. The texts of Hammer have joined those of Proust, Joyce and Shakespeare in the canon of books that are regarded as significant, but that people do not feel the need to read.

The role of information technology in business process reengineering

This paper discusses the role of information technology in business process reengineering (BPR). BPR was introduced in manufacturing/service industries with the objective of changing the management of the supply chain. In manufacturing, the nature of material flow determines the type of information and decision support systems required to achieve system integration and hence the overall effectiveness of the system. A conceptual model has been developed in this paper to illustrate the role of information systems in BPR and the type of information systems required to integrate functional areas in manufacturing. Hammer's (1990) message “Reengineering work: don't automate, obliterate” stresses a radical process simplification as the way to reduce time and cost, and to eliminate or at least simplify processes, not just speed them up. There has been tremendous interest on how to simplify the process and hence the information system required for effective management of material flow in manufacturing. The implementation of BPR using innovative application of information technology (IT) aims at flexible, team-oriented, and cross-functionally co-ordinated management. A framework has been presented in the paper to design a more effective BPR system with the help of advanced IT. Finally, a summary and conclusions are presented.

Organizing for innovation

The authors argue that process organizing may be a promising route to creating sustainable competitive advantage within a business environment which is becoming increasingly turbulent and complex. Developing invisible assets, and tacit knowledge in particular, is crucial in creating such advantages. This article first presents a framework for process organizing which focuses on the relationship between company vision, the creation of multifunctional teams and the complementary relationship between team members. It then presents a model for making process teams work by emphasizing a number of criteria which should be met in re-engineering work processes, and indicates managerial and theoretical implications.

Re-inventing the Forecasting Process at a Multinational Pharmaceutical Firm

In 1993–1994 Syntex Corporation re-engineered its sales and product forecasting processes in order to improve accuracy and responsiveness to rapidly changing market conditions in the pharmaceutical industry. The case study presented here details this re-engineering work and its global implementation.

REINVENTING THROUGH REENGINEERING

Reinventing through, reengineering targets traditional business practices to renew leadership and optimize an enterprise's competitive position and shareholder value. This article dispels the myths that have led to unsuccessful reengineering efforts, discusses the elevated role of information technology in the reengineering process, and presents a comprehensive reengineering work plan for achieving a true enterprisewide transformation.

Perspectives on Human Resource Development

In this article, the author looks back on the growth of the field of human resource development (HRD) over the past 25 years, from his perspective as president of Pfeiffer & Company. In his review, he emphasizes the value of using experiential techniques to enhance training and to cope with change. He concludes by noting six trends for the future: changes in workplace roles, increased emphasis on quality, valuing diversity, re-engineering work, competency-based training and changes in planning cycles.

Process Innovation: Reengineering Work through Information Technology

(1994). Process Innovation: Reengineering Work through Information Technology. European Journal of Information Systems: Vol. 3, No. 3, pp. 244-246.

Process innovation: Reengineering work through information technology

Process innovation: Reengineering work through information technology