"reengineering" is both a correct and a usable word in written English.
You can use it when referring to the process of revisiting and revising existing systems and processes to increase efficiency. For example: "We are going to need to reengineer the supply chain process to reduce operating costs."
Michael Hammer and James Champy's "Reengineering the Corporation" (1993) encouraged companies to sack large numbers of workers even as their profits soared.This week The Economist launches a quarterly review which will highlight a selection of new business books.
Automakers also involve component manufacturers in the design process to eliminate costly time-consuming reengineering later.
Titles include "Reengineering the Rules of Management," by James Champy, the co-author, with Michael Hammer, of "Reengineering the Corporation," one of the biggest business best sellers of the 1990s, and "Keeping It Honest, From Kitchen to Coca-Cola," by Seth Goldman, co-founder and chief of Honest Tea, the maker of organic drinks.
Back then, business strategy gurus — authors of books on reengineering the search for excellence in the total quality six-sigma chaos, and all that — dominated the list.
All of which raises the prospect of another management revolution in the offing, similar to those described in the 1993 book "Reengineering the Corporation," written by Michael Hammer and James Champy.
But it wants that discovery to remain secret, in an effort to prevent criminals, security researchers and even Apple itself from reengineering smartphones so that the tactic would no longer work.
Crucially, the savings have been accompanied by a substantial decline in quality – as revealed by treatment waiting time targets – and many of them have been achieved through one-off savings rather than reengineering the system.
In a performance that rivals Rove's nurturing of a famously inarticulate Texas governor into a two-term president, the strategist is reengineering the practice of partisan money management in hopes of drumming Barack Obama out of the White House.
"Reengineering the Corporation" promoted the idea of simplifying and reorganizing business departments by having the workers break down their activities into logical, bite-size pieces, then take a "clean sheet" approach to reassembling their work for greater efficiency and productivity.
Michael Hammer, the co-author of a best-selling book, "Reengineering the Corporation," which some business experts say significantly influenced the way many corporations have reorganized their workplaces by focusing on the expertise of their employees, died Wednesday in Boston.
