A case study conducted in a British company (Company A) on reengineering business processes is presented. It gives an example on how a case study ought to be written in order to go beyond the standard for writing an industrial report to one that is acceptable by academic peers. A good case study ought to contain information that readers can use in replicating the experiences gained and lessons learnt in future endeavours under similar settings. When a collection of good case studies is available to a practitioner or researcher he could formulate his plan for the future and avoid “re‐inventing the wheel”. This is most important to research in operations management because it lends a hand in the building up of a theory in POM to make an impact in its natural settings.
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A. Gunasekaran;
A. Gunasekaran
A. Gunasekaran is Associate Professor in the Department of Management, University of Massachusetts, North Dartmouth, Massachusetts, USA.
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Walter W.C. Chung;
Walter W.C. Chung
Walter W.C. Chung is Associate Professor in the Department of Manufacturing Engineering, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Hong Kong.
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K. Kan
K. Kan
K. Kan is a graduate from the Department of Manufacturing and Engineering Systems, Brunel Univesrity, Uxbridge, UK.
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Publisher: Emerald Publishing
Online ISSN: 1758-7948
Print ISSN: 0957-6053
© MCB UP Limited
2000
Logistics Information Management (2000) 13 (5): 271–285.
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Gunasekaran A, Chung WW, Kan K (2000), "Business process reengineering in a British company: a case study". Logistics Information Management, Vol. 13 No. 5 pp. 271–285, doi: https://doi.org/10.1108/09576050010378496
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