re-engineering
noun[SorU]
(alsoreengineering)ukusPRODUCTION
theprocessofchangingandimprovingthedesignof aproductorsystem:
GMexpectsproductivitygainsto come from a re-engineering thatreducesthenumberofpartsgoing into thecar.
MANAGEMENT
theprocessofchangingandimprovingthe way acompanyworks, the way ajobis done, etc.:
They haveappliedtheseprinciplesto acomplexprocessofbusinessre-engineering.