APPLE and JAPANESE CARS : BPR and SIX SIGMA

BUSINESS PROCESS REENGINEERING
"The Business Process Reengineering method (BPR) is defined by Hammer and Champy as 'the fundamental reconsideration and radical redesign of organizational processes, in order to achieve drastic improvement of current performance in cost, service and speed'."

As Teacher Jan's best example of BPR, was when Apple tried to reconsider the true motivation of its business. As he said, "It's thinking out of the box." They realized that the company is not just on creating computers, but on the invention and creation of unique hi tech gadgets that are new in the market. So several tools that were unimaginable by our ancestors back then were born:
IPod (first released mp3 player of Apple), IPod Touch, IPod Nano, ISight, IPhone, and now IPad (reviews bout the gadget swamp the net)!
(of course there are so many trademarks of Apple and i can't list them down here.hehe Here's a link of the list.
http://www.apple.com/legal/trademark/appletmlist.html)

Their integration of the technology of touch screen in their gadgets is so awesome and cool. I say they are the pioneer of these touch-screen gadgets!


SIX SIGMA
Six Sigma is a method employed by a firm seeking to improve QUALITY.

Again, a best example of this was given by Teacher Jan is of the car industry, wherein, Japanese cars were able to compete in the world market due to the quality and durability and fuel-efficiency of the product relative to its price (though Toyota has suffered from consumer complaints due to product malfunctions recently).

"Therefore, just as sin entered the world through one man, and death through sin, and in this way death came to all men, because all sinned."

Romans 5:12