Showing papers on "Enterprise systems engineering published in 2000"

Enterprise resource planning: introduction

Abstract: Enterprise resource planning systems are configurable information systems packages that integrate information and information-based processes within and across functional areas in an organization. The current generation of ERP systems also provides reference models or process templates that claim to embody the current best business practices.

Implementing Enterprise Resource Planning Systems: The Role of Learning from Failure

Abstract: ERP implementations remain problematic despite the fact that many of the issues are by now quite well known. In this paper, we take a different perspective from the critical success factors and risks approaches that are common in the information systems discipline to explain why ERP implementations fail. Specifically, we adapt Sitkin’s theory of intelligent failure to ERP implementations resulting in a theory that we call “learning from failure.” We then examine from the viewpoint of this theory the details of two SAP R/3 implementations, one of which failed while the other succeeded. Although it is impossible to state, unequivocally, that the implementation that failed did so because it did not use the approach that was derived from the theory, the analysis reveals that the company that followed many of the tenets of the theory succeeded while the other did not.

The Future of Enterprise System-Enabled Organizations

Abstract: Companies are beginning to expect to gain strategic value from the implementation and operation of enterprise systems (ES). Currently dominating trends in business are sense-and-respond business models, globalization, corporate realignment, virtual organizations and accelerated product life-cycles. Available and evolving features of enterprise systems are summarized in a framework, concluding that present capabilities of enterprise systems correspond only to some extend to the new practices required to respond to these corporate challenges, and that ERP vendors strive to fill the gap. By integrating higher management functions enterprise systems will also impact on the practice of executives. The future work of an executive is illustrated by a fictitious example.

E-Business and Erp: Transforming the Enterprise

Abstract: From the Publisher: Is Your Company Getting the Most from Its Investment in Change? Many companies have already invested heavily in infrastructure change, some are making that investment now, and all are contemplating the costs of becoming or evolving as an e-business. Is your company a "greenfield" organization with no back-end systems, or one whose infrastructure support systems are integrated across the enterprise? Are you just beginning to think about e-business capabilities, or are you on the leading edge of convergence? Whatever your company's position on the ERP/E-Business Matrix, E-Business and ERP: Transforming the Enterprise provides the proven techniques you need to know to meld enterprise resource planning capabilities with the communications power of the Internet. Is Your Company Positioned for E-Business Success? The Internet has revolutionized twenty-first century business. Organizations today can communicate with customers, suppliers, and sellers at e-speed with the click of a mouse. Yet, with all of the excitement about the external possibilities of the Internet, companies still need efficient internal processes to make and move products, manage finances, recruit and motivate employees, and excel. E-Business and ERP: Transforming the Enterprise covers the skills and tools you will need to combine existing ERP software and capabilities with emerging Web-based technologies. In this forward-thinking outline for a new business structure, executives and managers will discover: Strategies for established companies to penetrate the Internet marketplace Procedures that lower costs across the supply and demand chain Techniques that help you meet—and master—the dot.com challenge The companies best positioned to succeed in the near future are those that can balance existing ERP-based infrastructures and capabilities with exciting new e-business innovations. E-Business and ERP: Transforming the Enterprise examines the changing but essential role of ERP, places it in the context of the Web-based technologies defining today's e-business environment, and reveals how to blend the best aspects of both to create a strong and flexible twenty-first century business enterprise.

Towards an enterprise architecture for public adminstration using a top-down approach

Abstract: The use of Enterprise Architectures is becoming increasingly widespread in the private sector. Borrowing insights from enterprise reference architectures developed during the last decade, IT vendors and companies belonging to specific industries are establishing reference data and process models advancing the standardisation of their businesses and creating a more integrated environment for their activities. Although public administrations share the same problem of non-standardisation, which is being magnified rapidly in a changing and demanding environment, little has been done so far in the direction of integration. This article builds a basis, shows initial directions and attempts to stimulate interest in a PA enterprise framework. Following a top-down approach and employing concepts from the fields of public administration, enterprise integration and generic process and data modeling, the outline of the ArchPad enterprise architecture for Public Administration is presented.

The adoption and design methodologies of component-based enterprise systems

Abstract: One of the major investments of information technologies in large companies in the past decade has been the enterprise system. Although the enterprise system has the advantages of managing and integrating almost all of the business processes in the whole company, there have been strong criticisms that the enterprise system often imposes its own logic or business process on a company and lacks flexibility and adaptability in today's dynamic business environment. The goal of this paper is to outline a new approach in enterprise system development. We analyse the factors that affect the adoption of enterprise systems. Market and business changes, and advances in information technologies call for a more flexible, open, and scalable enterprise architecture. We describe the process that Dell Computer Corporation took in adopting its component-based enterprise system architecture. The Dell example has demonstrated the importance of fit between business information systems and fundamental organizational dimensions of the company including strategy, business environment, and organizational structure. We also discuss the design methodologies for component-based enterprise system design. We take a coordination perspective, both at the software level and the organizational level, in addressing the design methodologies for component-based enterprise system development.

Enterprise resource planning and organizational knowledge: patterns of convergence and divergence

Abstract: This paper describes a qualitative research project involving a case study that was analyzed using grounded theory and cognitive mapping. It contributes to a theory that describes the impact of enterprise resource planning (ERP) on organizational knowledge. ERP systems produce effects that make business knowledge become more focused or “convergent” from the perspective of the organization and more wide-ranging or “divergent” from the perspective of the individual. Other important effects include changes to the organization’s core competencies and changes in the risk profile regarding the loss of organizational knowledge.

Ontologies to Support Process Integration in Enterprise Engineering

Abstract: Enterprise design knowledge is currently descriptive, ad hoc, or pre-scientific. One reason for this state of affairs in enterprise design is that existing approaches lack an adequate specification of the terminology of the enterprise models, which leads to inconsistent interpretation and uses of knowledge. We use the formal enterprise models being developed as part of the Toronto Virtual Enterprise (TOVE) project to provide a precise specification of enterprise structure, and use this structure to characterize process integration within the enterprise. We then use the constraints within the enterprise model to define a special class of enterprises, and discuss the concepts necessary to characterize process integration within this class. The results of this paper arose out of the successful application of these ontologies to the analysis of the IBM Opportunity Management Process in a joint project with IBM Canada.

Enterprise resource planning: componentizing the enterprise application packages

Abstract: T he so-called enterprise resource planning applications market was one of the fastest growing and most profitable areas of the software industry during the last three years of the 1990s. Some of this was clearly attributable to the Y2K effect. If you still had time, replacement was often easier than continuing to throw good money after bad into aged legacy applications. But, also discernible, there was a strong desire in many organizations to acquire functionality rather than develop custom solutions, particularly for relatively unexciting transactional applications that did not differentiate the business significantly. But we should also note that some of the packaged application vendors acquired a poor reputation, being better known for the time and cost involved in implementation than the resulting business benefits. So, we observe with interest that enterprise application providers such as SAP, Peoplesoft, Oracle, Baan, JD Edwards, and many others have been investing heavily to upgrade the architecture of their applications over the past two years. No prizes are awarded for guessing why. The market-leading enterprise applications represent some of the largest, most complex applications on the planet. The complexity comes particularly from the highly generalized nature of the packaged applications and the need to adapt and rapidly evolve to meet requirements in many different situations. The packaged application providers therefore have had a genuinely mission-critical problem to solve. How to continue adding new functionality rapidly and at low cost, while making it easier for new customers to implement, and existing customers to upgrade to that new functionality? We should not be surprised therefore that these vendors were relatively quick to recognize the benefits of components. David Sprott

The Selection Process of Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) Systems

Abstract: The significant number of ERP systems installations worldwide during the last decade represents a major paradigm shift in organizational and information systems management. A large number of enterprises are currently extending their base ERP systems or are in the process of acquiring and implementing core ERP modules. Failure to do so successfully can be extremely costly as demonstrated by a number of reported failure cases. The paper aims at providing a framework for the selection process of ERP systems, which can be useful for both identifying critical issues for further research and assisting managers considering ERP projects.

Design and implementation of a collaborative engineering information system for allied concurrent engineering

Abstract: Allied concurrent engineering is defined by unifying the concepts of virtual enterprise and concurrent engineering in the engineering processes. It aims to integrate the engineering activities and resources from different enterprises through enterprise alliances to respond to customer expectations quickly. The integration, management and sharing of engineering information is the basis for allied concurrent engineering. This paper presents a systematic approach, from domain investigation and functional requirement analysis, through system design and modelling to implementation of an engineering information system that makes use of various modelling techniques. The system aims at quickly providing the right information to the right place at the right time in the right formats throughout the inter-enterprise concurrent engineering processes to facilitate communication, coordination, control and integration of multi-enterprise concurrent product and process development. The result of this research will enable...

The knowledge enterprise : implementation of intelligent business strategies

Abstract: The knowledge theory - the knowledge enterprise the knowledge ambition knowledge development the knowledge practice - the knowledge enterprise in actual practice regimes for the knowledge enterprise the tools - lateral organization steering on people information technology renovation of the knowledge enterprise.

Using Reference Models within the Enterprise Resource Planning Lifecycle

Abstract: ERP-specific reference models describe on a conceptual level the structure and functionality of enterprise resource planning solutions. However, these models focus on depicting executable processes and do not take into account tasks related to business engineering, system selection, implementation or change. This paper discusses how reference process models can be used within the entire ERP lifecycle. All phases of the ERP lifecycle have individual requirements for the management of the relevant knowledge. It will be shown how extended reference models can serve as a knowledge repository for enterprise resource planning. This paper includes several pragmatic recommendations for managers involved in ERP projects.

Consultants and Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) Systems

Abstract: Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) systems have been implemented in the majority of large companies in Europe and the US over the last five years [1]. This paper seeks to address three issues arising from this deployment. Firstly, to consider ERP systems in relation to previous approaches to deploying information systems in organisations. Secondly, to indicate how the mediation by consultants is of importance in the deployment of ERP systems. Thirdly, based on our analysis, to seek to predict future trends and issues in the use of information and communication technologies by organisations.

A decision-making pattern for guiding the enterprise knowledge development process

Abstract: During enterprise knowledge development in any organisation, developers and stakeholders are faced with situations that require them to make decisions in order to reach their intentions. To help the decision-making process, guidance is required. Enterprise Knowledge Development (EKD) is a method offering a guided knowledge development process. The guidance provided by the EKD method is based on a decision-making pattern promoting a situation and intention oriented view of enterprise knowledge development processes. The pattern is iteratively repeated through the EKD process using different types of guiding knowledge. Consequently, the EKD process is systematically guided. The presentation of the decision-making pattern is the purpose of this paper.

Distributed planning and control systems for the virtual enterprise: organizational requirements and development life-cycle

Abstract: This paper describes the requirements analysis and system specification of an Order Promise module to be used as part of a broader Decision Support System for production and operations planning of a Virtual Enterprise. This work is part of a broader project with a particular focus on the microelectronics industry which is a good example of Virtual Enterprise, and where a quick response to the customers needs and to unpredictable changes in production conditions is considered a major factor for success. First, the analysis and specification are presented within a development framework that involves the study of organizational issues of semiconductor enterprises. The use of ontological engineering for supporting the communication and shared understanding of the system concepts is explained and a virtual enterprise ontology is outlined. Following the clarification of the concept of virtual enterprise, the generic techno-organizational requirements for the information system are derived. Finally, a specification of the global planning module and a more detailed one regarding the order promise module is presented.

Designing enterprise applications with the Java 2 platform, enterprise edition/ Nicholas Kassem and the Enterprise Tea

Abstract: Foreword. Preface. 1. Introduction. Challenges of Enterprise Application Development. The Platform for Enterprise Solutions. J2EE Application Scenarios. Summary. 2. J2EE Platform Technologies. Component Technologies. Platform Roles. Platform Services. Service Technologies. Communication Technologies. Summary. 3. The Client Tier. Requirements and Constraints. Overview of Client Options. Web Clients. EJB Clients. Enterprise Information System Clients. Designing for Multiple Types of Client. Summary. 4. The Web Tier. Web Applications and Web Containers. Dynamic Content Creation. Servlets and JSP Pages. JSP Page Design. Internationalization and Localization. Application Designs. Application Migration. Summary. 5. The Enterprise JavaBeans Tier. Business Logic. Enterprise Beans as J2EE Business Objects. Entity Beans. Session Beans. Design Guidelines. Summary. 6. The Enterprise Information System Tier. Enterprise Information System Capabilities and Limitations. Enterprise Information System Integration Scenarios. Relational Database Management System Access. Other Enterprise Information System Access. Application Component Provider Tasks. Application Programming Model. Programming Access to Data and Functions. Connections. Security. J2EE Connector Architecture. Summary. 7. Packaging and Deployment. Roles and Tasks. Packaging J2EE Applications. Deployment Descriptors. Deployment Tools. Summary. 8. Transaction Management. Properties of Transactions. J2EE Platform Transactions. Scenarios. JTA Transactions. Transactions in Applets and Application Clients. Transactions in Web Components. Transactions in Enterprise Beans. Transactions in Enterprise Information Systems. Summary. 9. Security. Security Threats and Mechanisms. Authentication. Authorization. Protecting Messages. Auditing. Summary. 10. The Sample Application. Application Functionality. Application Architecture. The View. The Model. Implementation. The Controller. MVC Summary. Stateless Services. Deployment. Transactions. Security. Summary. Afterword. Glossary. Index. 0201702770T04062001

Component-based enterprise frameworks

Abstract: A hierarchical Framework for Parallel Seismic Applications Real-world component-based framework for highly parallel, concurrent applications Component-based Frameworks for E-commerce Component-based frameworks for the digital economy

Method for constructing enterprise system

Abstract: There is provided an enterprise system constructing method capable of supporting to rapidly construct enterprise systems to share and reuse the whole structure of the systems, and of flexibly and easily changing and extending the systems. A framework 10 includes: a framework 11 which defines the basic attribute and behavior of an enterprise system; frameworks 12, 13 and 14 which inherit the framework 11 and which define the basic attribute and behavior suitable for various executable environments; and a framework for integrating systems 15 which inherits the framework 11 and which defines the basic attribute and behavior relating to combinations of the frameworks 12, 13 and 14. Each of the frameworks 11, 12, 13, 14 and 15 is inherited and materialized, and systems prepared from the frameworks 12, 13 and 14 are combined so as to have a tree structure, the vertex of which is an integrating system prepared from the frameworks for integrating systems 15.

A strategic supply chain simulation model

Abstract: In this paper, we describe a simulation game designed to quantify the benefits of an enterprise resource planning system coupled with the balanced scorecard framework in an extended enterprise. We present three scenarios of the same enterprise: a base case scenario with a non-integrated legacy system, a scenario with an integrated, enterprise resource planning system, and a scenario with an enterprise resource planning system using the balanced scorecard framework. Results from this game support our research and teaching activities on the benefits of systems integration, data and process standardization, visibility across the business enterprise, improved decision support functionality, and operationalizing strategy.

Enterprise modeling : improving global industrial competitiveness

Abstract: Contributors Preface 1 Development Trends to Support Enterprise Modeling A Rolstadas 2 Reader's Guide to the Book A Rolstadas 3 Introduction to Enterprise Modeling O Szegheo 4 Enterprise Modeling Architectures O Szegheo, A Gastinger 5 Enterprise Modeling Approaches A Gastinger, O Szegheo 6 Enterprise Modeling Tools A Gastinger, O Szegheo 7 Modeling for Performance Measurement of Enterprises Wei Deng Solvang 8 Enterprise Modeling for Self-assessment T Fagerhaug 9 Enterprise Modeling for Enterprise Integration CC Rostad 10 Enterprise Modeling for Business Process Improvement B Andersen 11 The Process of Enterprise Development E Alfnes 12 Enterprise Modeling and Education C Solberg 13 Product Data Management Systems O Asebo 14 Modeling and Simulation O Szegheo, K Martinsen 15 Modeling of the Extended Enterprise O Szegheo, S Abbas Petersen 16 Putting the Pieces Together B Andersen 17 Organizational Aspects of Implementing Enterprise Modeling R Hysom 18 IT-platforms for Enterprise Modeling C Solberg 19 Using Enterprise Models for Managing Large-scale Business Transformations and Enterprise Integration V Orovic, D George 20 Integrated Enterprise Modeling K Mertins, R Jochem References Index