How do you integrate BPR and sustainability into your strategic planning and decision making?

1 Assess your current state

Before you embark on any BPR or sustainability initiative, you need to understand your current situation and identify the gaps and opportunities for improvement. You can use tools such as value stream mapping, SWOT analysis, stakeholder analysis, and life cycle assessment to map out your existing business processes, their inputs and outputs, their strengths and weaknesses, their impacts on the environment and society, and their alignment with your vision and mission. This will help you establish a baseline and set realistic and measurable objectives for your BPR and sustainability projects.

2 Define your future state

Once you have a clear picture of your current state, you can envision your desired future state and how you want to achieve it. You can use tools such as scenario planning, vision statements, balanced scorecard, and SMART goals to define your BPR and sustainability targets and strategies. You should consider how you can leverage your core competencies, competitive advantages, customer needs, and stakeholder expectations to create value and differentiation in your market. You should also consider how you can reduce your environmental footprint, enhance your social responsibility, and increase your economic performance in the long run.

3 Design your new processes

The next step is to design your new and improved business processes that will enable you to reach your future state. You can use tools such as process flowcharts, business rules, standard operating procedures, and performance indicators to specify the steps, roles, responsibilities, and outcomes of your new processes. You should aim to eliminate waste, optimize resources, simplify workflows, automate tasks, and integrate functions across your organization. You should also aim to incorporate sustainability principles and practices into your new processes, such as eco-design, green procurement, circular economy, and stakeholder engagement.

4 Implement and monitor your changes

The final step is to implement and monitor your changes and evaluate their results. You can use tools such as change management, project management, risk management, and quality management to plan, execute, control, and review your BPR and sustainability initiatives. You should communicate your vision and goals clearly and frequently to your employees, customers, suppliers, and other stakeholders, and involve them in the change process. You should also measure and report your progress and performance against your objectives and benchmarks, and identify any issues or deviations that need to be addressed or corrected.

BPR and sustainability are not mutually exclusive or contradictory concepts. They are complementary and synergistic approaches that can help you transform your business processes and outcomes for the better. By integrating BPR and sustainability into your strategic planning and decision making, you can create a more efficient, effective, innovative, and responsible organization that delivers value to all its stakeholders and the environment.

5 Here’s what else to consider

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