The CIO came into existence with ERP and business process re-engineering.

FORBES: Revolution in the Big Data and Business Landscape

During the late 1980s into the 1990s, business innovation was often driven by top-down initiatives for the sake of business process re-engineering and enterprise resource planning software.

FORBES: Facebook Is More Proof Innovation Is Thriving In Silicon Valley

Another fad that registers less with managers is business-process re-engineering.

ECONOMIST: Management fashion