Reengineering of business processes

Reengineering of business processes can representa set of tools and methods that have a significant impact on decision-making in order to improve the performance of the enterprise. To do this, an analysis must be conducted, according to the results of which, relevant changes are made to the activities of the business entity.

Reengineering of business processes of the enterprise with the purpose ofgetting a sharp improvement in the existing performance indicators implies introducing fundamental changes in existing methods. It is these changes that can be successfully used by management when developing an innovation development strategy.

Innovative nature of the innovations being developedis to introduce completely new business processes into the economic activity of the subject, which are oriented towards the creation and mastery of technological innovations. Therefore, the reengineering of business processes can be considered from two positions:

- method of managing the activity of the business entity;

- a tool for developing an innovative strategy.

The object of reengineering is one of the main organizational elements of the enterprise's competitiveness - the technology of developing and implementing business processes.

As a method of managing activitiesReengineering of business processes includes such areas of work: analysis of the current strategy; synthesis of the new and competitive strategy of the subject. Management for these processes identifies two methods:

- Reverse engineering is a kind ofThe preparatory stage for the introduction of some innovations. First, a comprehensive analysis of the business entity from the position of a unified management system. Here, diagnostics of existing business processes is also carried out.

- Direct engineering, in which the project is designedThe new strategy of the enterprise, which is based on innovative processes. The structure of improved business processes is developed and the mechanisms of financing are defined. As a result, the main goal is to be achieved - the growth of the company's innovation potential due to the increase in the share of intellectual assets and concentration of the company's resources in priority technological areas.

The main difference between these two processesis that the reverse engineering is preparing a database to create a new strategy, and a direct way to develop new approaches for creating and implementing the chosen strategy.

The project must have a sufficiently pronouncedInnovative orientation, which is implemented in a certain sequence. That is why the stages of business process reengineering can be presented in the following form.

First step. Development of the model of the future business of the subjecteconomy and a schematic imitation of its competitiveness. At this stage, the strategic objectives of the enterprise must be correctly set and their structural decomposition performed, which results in the selection of priority objectives and a system of evaluation criteria, and sets performance targets.

Second phase. Analysis of the created business process oncompetitiveness of the strategic activity of the enterprise. Here, analytical activities are conducted on the principle of reverse engineering of the existing enterprise strategy. Quantitative and qualitative assessment of existing methods of enterprise functioning is also carried out. For its conduct, it is necessary to assess the strengths and weaknesses, as well as possible threats to the activities of the entity. An organizational management structure should also be assessed, including an assessment of the company's production, innovation and intellectual potential.

The third stage. Development of an improved strategy modelinvolves the use of direct engineering tools. At this stage, the reengineering of business processes focuses its attention on the creation of certain projects that should reflect the structure of costs and capital of the enterprise. Here, the impact of the new business project on the future activities of the enterprise is assessed.