Source : Free On-Line Dictionary of Computing

Business Process Re-engineering
     
         (BPR) Any radical change in the way in which an
        organisation performs its business activities.  BPR involves a
        fundamental re-think of the business processes followed by a
        redesign of business activities to enhance all or most of its
        critical measures - costs, quality of service, staff dynamics,
        etc.
     
        (1999-09-27)