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ice tools™ - Business Process Reengineering
Toolkit
The ice tools™ are a collection of Business Process
Reengineering templates for Microsoft® Office and Microsoft® Project designed to assist
organizations in the difficult task of process management.
Overview
The ice tools-BPR Toolkit add-ins are available for
the Windows 9X and Windows NT platforms, and include BPR
methods, self education and educational
presentations, business/financial models, process models, data models,
project management plans, and step-by-step "case study" examples developed by industry leading
consultants.
Together the Microsoft® Office based tools provide an
outline and a "documentation repository"
for each organization to customize as their own BPR/BPI standards.
Pricing and Availability
The ice tools-BPR Toolkit "full featured"
Introductory Version is available for only $295.00. The $795.00 version includes a 1 year
maintenance - upgrade plan, and a (5-user) site license is available for $2,995.00. To get
your copy of ice tools™, contact us at info@blueice.com,
or call us at 816-525-4637.
Training and Education
blue ice offers a 5 day comprehensive BPR workshop
designed for organizations who would like to accelerate their understanding of
reengineering and learn to apply the techniques used in ice tools-BPR Toolkit to
support Business Process Management.
Highlights
Educate yourself and your organization with information packed
BPR presentations:
- Learn what Business Process Reengineering is really all about.
- Establish support through understanding the steps required to
reengineer an organization.
- Presentations provide an overview for executives and details
for technical professionals.
- Help develop a clear understanding of the expectations for BPR
projects.
- Customize the presentations to include organization specific
information.
Overview
A familiar interface makes complex BPR documentation easy:
- Take advantage of tools your organization already uses
(Microsoft® Office).
- ice tools custom toolbars make productivity quick and easy
with pop-up ToolTips.
- Linked icons allow access to supporting documents via OLE
standards.
- Use the sample documents as a template for your
organization’s BPR repository.
- Update and customize methods and supporting files using
Microsoft® Office built-in functionality.
Overview
Automated BPR methods are based on structured IDEF/SADT
standards:
- Build your organizations BPR documentation on proven standards
and methods.
- Manage change with Reengineering Life Cycle templates that
insure apples-to-apples project comparisons.
- Customize the methods as the organization changes and
techniques advance.
- Add your own details (i.e., Quality Guidelines, Information
Systems Standards, etc.)
- Link to organization specific tools (i.e., Flowcharting,
Databases, etc.) through OLE examples.
Overview
A Business Process Reengineering Case-Study provides real-world
examples:
- The BPR Case-Study gives examples of a reengineered computer
manufacturing company.
- Analysis of the case-study provides a real-world scenario to
follow through the education process on reengineering and provides deliverables and
details for each step in the BPR phases.
- Details for the case-study were developed by industry leading
consultants based on management consulting experience.
Overview
Project management shells guide planning and resource scheduling:
- Detailed project management plans show each step of the
reengineering cycle and the resources needed to perform them.
- AS-IS modeling plans have been included to help guide
facilitated sessions.
- Examples of an Order Fulfillment redesign effort is included
to show AS-IS and TO-BE resource requirements.
Overview
Business and Financial models provide support for redesigning the
processes:
- Strategic Business Models include financial and marketing
highlights, benchmarking, performance gaps, technology overviews, and prioritization maps
for linking processes to the organization mission.
- Process Analysis Models provide work breakdown structures for
the AS-IS and TO-BE processes, activity analysis, cost of returns, and reengineering
benefit estimates.
- Financial Models provide GAAP and ABC (Activity-Based Costing)
details for the changing organization and comparative analysis between the two accounting
principles.
- Cost estimates and projected financial impacts are provided in
detailed spreadsheet reports.
Overview
Process models in BPwin automate activity decomposition and
reporting:
- Business Process Models provide a graphical and natural
language representation of the interaction between business processes and the resources
needed to produce a product or service.
- Three types of IDEF0 diagrams are included: - Activity Node
Trees provide a model overview - Context Diagrams include scope, viewpoint and purpose
clarification - Decomposition diagrams provide detailed activity interactions.
- Process/data requirements are linked with ERwin data (IDEF1X)
models.
Overview
Data models developed in ERwin define the information needed to
support the new processes:
- Included is an AS-IS data model that reflects the current
state of the organizations databases.
- A Normalized data model shows the first steps in creating the
TO-BE model and is based on the AS-IS data model.
- A Consolidated data model represents the final step in
creating information support for the TO-BE process model.
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