TY - JOUR AB - Discusses a successful business process reengineering project that involved purchasing, receiving and accounts payable departments in an international firm in the USA. These three departments’ business processes, workflows and functions are described and analyzed. Methods for improving the existing workflows by developing an auto vouchering system and an electronic data interchange system are suggested. The cost and benefit analysis is applied to evaluate these methods. Implications and recommendations for the top management are discussed, including the insights of the cross‐functional design among departments, the empowerment of employees, the improvement of morale in the departments, the formulation of new policies and procedures for the new system, and the establishment of a separate database system for reference. VL - 11 IS - 5 SN - 0957-6053 DO - 10.1108/09576059810234245 UR - https://doi.org/10.1108/09576059810234245 AU - Wong Bo K. AU - Li Wilson X. PY - 1998 Y1 - 1998/01/01 TI - Case study: business process reengineering in an international company T2 - Logistics Information Management PB - MCB UP Ltd SP - 317 EP - 323 Y2 - 2024/04/25 ER -