Integrating manufacturing enterprise with business process re-engineering

Computer integrated manufacturing has been implemented all over the world for many years. Processes, resources, organization, information and others have been considered as major building blocks to achieve a cohesive CIM system to support the business goals of manufacturing enterprise. But more and more people recognized that without rationalized processes the integration of global system cannot reach its expected goal, or say, business process reengineering (BPR) must be done before any further automation. The authors have adopted BPR to make the necessary fundamental changes for system integration. Combining with the experiences in implementing CIM in some Chinese enterprises, the structured approach of integrating manufacturing systems with BPR is proposed