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             BPR Tool        Company               Description
             iThink          isee systems (formerly,  Powerful tool for communicating interdependencies
                             High Performance      between processes and problems. The entire business
                             Systems), Lebanon, NH  team will understand the variables that impact business
                                                   processes. A shared insight enables teams to work
                                                   together, further ensuring that decisions are fully
                                                   implemented and mitigating risk.
             KBSI Tools      Knowledge Based       The tools in this suite enable teams to tailor the
                             Systems, College      framework program to individual reengineering needs.
                             Station, TX           Integrated modeling helps identify redundancies and
                                                   non–value-added activities and creates a better
                                                   understanding of relationships.
             Looking Glass   Avatar, Jacksonville, FL  Provides workflow management and automated value
                                                   chain management capabilities specifically designed to
                                                   address the challenges that are posed by service sector
                                                   business requirements and processes.
             Mercutio        ProcessSoft, Lausanne,  A solution for the reengineering of administrative
                             Switzerland           processes that automatically generates and implements
                                                   the necessary workflow components directly from the
                                                   graphical design.
             ProModel        ProModel, Orem, UT    Enables users to test the behavior and prove the
                                                   benefits of redesigned processes before committing
                                                   to change.
             ProVision       Proforma Corp,        Provides a process modeling and simulation tool set.
             Workbench       Southfield, MI
             ReThink         Gensym Corp.,         Combined object-oriented technology with interactive
                             Burlington, MA        graphics that provides modeling and simulation. The
                                                   software helps teams monitor process performance
                                                   and manage real-time operations.
             SIMPROCESS      CACI International,   Hierarchical simulation tool that is designed for
                             Arlington, VA         business process modeling and analysis. Helps to
                                                   reduce the time spent on mapping reengineering
                                                   components.
             Vision Manager  Cape Visions,         Tool addresses the entire BPR life cycle, including data
                             Brookline, MA         capture, process modeling, simulation, implementation,
                                                   and continuous improvement. The software enables
                                                   teams to test assumptions, analyze alternatives, and
                                                   measure results.
             Visual BPR      ProcessModel, Inc.,   The product capture and design process allows for
                             Provo, UT             trying the process first on the computer, tracks process
                                                   performance statistics, shows where things will
                                                   bottleneck and why, and hunts for best solutions.
             WorkPoint       Insession Technologies,  The product automates and models complex business
                             Omaha NE              processes across the enterprise.

            Source: http://www.ndsu.nodak.edu/ndsu/bklamm/BPandTC%20references/BP%20TC%20Scott%201999%20Foxmeyer%20drugs%
            20bankruptey%20was%20it%20a%20failure.pdf
            Quote by Christopher Cole, Chief Operating Officer, Pinnacle systems.
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