Industrial Management & Data Systems: Volume 99 Issue 1

Software testing metrics: do they have merit?

Robert Pavur, Maliyakal Jayakumar, Howard Clayton

Project managers in information systems play a central role in the development, maintenance, and enhancement of software. Software metrics assist these managers in identifying…

Defining supply chain management: a historical perspective and practical guidelines

Rhonda R. Lummus, Robert J. Vokurka

Interest in supply chain management has steadily increased since the 1980s when firms saw the benefits of collaborative relationships within and beyond their own organization…

Information technology to support any‐time, any‐place team meetings in Korean organizations

Ilyoo B. Hong

The Worldwide Web has recently emerged as a highly effective technology to permit individuals to exchange and share information from around the globe. This paper investigates the…

The new manufacturing‐accounting interface

Gerhard Plenert

Manufacturing and the manufacturing process have changed dramatically over the last ten years. The measurement and data collection systems stemming from the accounting, finance…

Implications of some of the recent improvement philosophies for the management of the information systems organization

Adel M. Aladwani

In an uncertain and competitive environment, organizations are forced to search for philosophies to guide performance improvement efforts. The current literature has paid…