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This Chapter presents an overview of the IPPR methodology aimed at clarifying the involved activities and how they are organized in the methodological workflow. The analysis and solution path of the suggested approach consists in three main steps. The first step is aimed at defining a multi-domain model of the business process to support the subsequent analysis tasks and the representation of the relevant information. The second step supports the user in the identification of the business process weaknesses according to the classes of problems defined in Chap. 1, thus leading to the definition of meaningful directions for their solution. The last step suggests suitable methodological approaches for the identification of physical solutions aimed at implementing the improved business process. The specific tools involved in each step of IPPR method are detailed in Chap. 3.
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Borgianni, Y., Cascini, G., Rotini, F. (2012). IPPR Methodological Foundations. In: Re-engineering of Products and Processes. Springer Series in Advanced Manufacturing. Springer, London. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4471-4017-7_2
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