Hammer was a Jewish-American engineer, management author, and a former professor of computer science at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT).

After Hammer graduated from the institute, he worked in the department of Computer Science and as a lecturer's "assistant" in the MIT Sloan School of Management.

[citation needed] Hammer was 60 years old when he died from complications of a brain haemorrhage he suffered while on vacation.

The funeral was held on September 5 in Stanislavsky memorial Chapel and he is buried in the Baker Street Jewish Cemeteries in West Roxbury, Boston.

BPR the ability to redesign business processes by making critical improvements to the inner structure of the company like quality, cost, services, output, and efficiency.

Every organization is different in its own way, but following the 5 business RE-engineering steps can dramatically cut down expenses and improve quality and service across the board granting them competitive advantage with in the industry.

He Re-engineered the business process into a brand new structure designed to increase productivity and create more jobs among corporations.

At the time, the Business model was old and outdated, Hammer was able to realize it needed to be integrated with the current economy.

Which allowed multiple businesses to achieve some sufficient improvements to their productivity, lower cost, increase quality, better service.