BPR and Information Systems - IT as an Enabler.

Information technology is considered the major enabler for spanning processes over functional and organizational boundaries and supporting process driven organizations. However, the point is not to use IT as an improver for existing activities, as which it often has been conceived, but as enabler for the organization. Some of the ways that IT changes business processes include: process automation and speed; virtual presence and distance collaboration becomes possible; mobility; allows information to be shared differently; …

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