Organizational Structure Without Hierarchy in a Dynamic Global Business Environment

Kern, Tomaž

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“…Soap splitting is either a continuous process or a process which takes place in batches (batch soap splitting). In Slovenia, batch soap splitting is more common, therefore it is this process that will be described here (Verbič, 2008, Verbič andKern, 2008). …”

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“…After a warehouse worker has pumped the technical fatty acids into a cistern vehicle, the head of the warehouse fills out the dispatch note (prepared by the Sales department clerk) with information about the quantity of technical fatty acids to be shipped and sends the dispatch note to the Sales department clerk. The laboratory clerk receives a written document with an analysis signed by the head of the laboratory and, together with the dispatch note and the invoice, submits them as accompanying documents (Verbič, 2008, Verbič andKern, 2008).…”

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“…The process of dispatching the calcium sulphate is completed by the Sales department clerk, who prepares the dispatch note and receives the invoice for transport and deposition (Verbič, 2008, Verbič andKern, 2008).…”

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“…Business process reengineering provides such a possibility (Kern 2003, Kern 2008, IDS Scheer, 2004. In addition, there is the idea of transporting soapsuds to the biogas plant.…”

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Process Reengineering and Innovation of Remaking Soapsuds

Verbič¹,

Kern

Vuk

2009

Organizacija

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Process Reengineering and Innovation of Remaking SoapsudsThis article uses a business process renovation method to address an environmental protection problem. The presented case, studied in factories which remake crude vegetable oil (soapsuds remake), focuses on reengineering one of the business processes which is classified as an obligatory process. This process has to be performed to comply with the requirements of the existing ecology legislation. Therefore, it is reasonable to take a radical approach - business process reengineering. Soapsuds with oil remnants are a secondary product in the vegetable oil refining process. According to the legislation, secondary products as waste are not acceptable for the environment. Soapsuds remake as it is currently carried out produces technical fatty acids and, as a side product, calcium sulphate. Calcium sulphate is listed as special waste; therefore it must be deposited in a special waste landfill site. In the course of searching for a solution to this ecological problem, a new idea came up, namely that soapsuds are taken to the biogas plant. At the biogas plant, they can be decomposed into biogas, which is then used to generate electric energy, for heating or to supplement municipal gas. Thus, the reengineering of the process is upgraded into process innovation and environmental innovation. Using data obtained from the available literature, we managed to prove that process reengineering, which is simultaneously process innovation and ecological innovation, can be applied in practice. Side products resulting from the anaerobic digestion of soapsuds in the biogas plant comply better with the requirements of the Slovenian ecological legislation than those occurring in the process used up to now.

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Section: Current Process -Model (As-is)mentioning

confidence: 99%

“…Business process reengineering provides such a possibility (Kern 2003, Kern 2008, IDS Scheer, 2004. In addition, there is the idea of transporting soapsuds to the biogas plant.…”

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