Industrial Management & Data Systems: Volume 109 Issue 1

Service‐oriented concepts: bridging between managers and technologists

Thomas Gulledge, Greg Deller

The purpose of this paper is to provide a common understanding of service‐oriented concepts to enable unambiguous discussion around service‐oriented architecture (SOA). Managers…

How to develop a differentiated supply chain strategy

Per Hilletofth

The purpose of this paper is to contribute to the understanding of supply chain (SC) design and operation by investigating how two case companies have developed and deployed…

Supply chain strategy in a global paper manufacturing company: a case study

Pekka Koskinen

The purpose of this paper is to analyze the relationship between corporate and supply chain strategy, as well as its implementation in a multinational paper producing company…

Supply chain planning for water distribution in Central Asia

Shamsuddin Ahmed

The role of business logistics for a water distribution company in Central Asia has become a major concern. As the marketing environment is getting more and more competitive, the…

Enhancing systems integration by incorporating business continuity drivers

Nijaz Bajgoric, Young B. Moon

The purpose of this paper is to present a framework for developing an integrated operating environment (IOE) within an enterprise information system by incorporating business…

The relationship between knowledge management enablers and performance

Chin‐Tsang Ho

This paper aims to study the correlation between knowledge management (KM) enablers and performance indices of KM.

Interactions between contingency, organizational IT factors, and ERP success

Princely Ifinedo, Nazmun Nahar

The purpose of this paper is to examine the impact of some organizational information technology (IT) factors (i.e. IT assets, employees' IT skills, IT resources, and satisfaction…

A data structure for supply chain management systems

Ali Ardalan, Roya Ardalan

Efficient operation of supply chain management (SCM) software is highly dependent on performance of its data structures that are used for data storage and retrieval. Each module…

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