Business Process Reengineering: Future Wave or Past Fad.
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Business Process Reengineering: Future Wave or Past Fad It is estimated that 75 percent of total costs and at least 50 percent of the value added in manufacturing firms are attributed to service activities (13). Service industries now account for seven out of every ten jobs in the United States. These kinds of statistics indicate that the service sector could benefit from examining an effective way to manage the supply chain of services. While much of what has been written about supply chain management has been geared toward manufacturing, such emphasis has been lacking with regard to the rapidly growing service sector. Certainly, some of the same concepts could be applied and expanded upon within the service industry. Currently some of the major players from the service sector successfully utilizing supply chain management include Wal-Mart, McDonalds, and many major grocery stores. The first stage in this process is to come to a...


