Industrial Management & Data Systems: Volume 107 Issue 8

A knowledge integration framework for complex network management

Xiangyang Li, Charu Chandra

Large supply and computer networks contain heterogeneous information and correlation among their components, and are distributed across a large geographical region. This paper…

Exploiting RFID digital information in enterprise collaboration

George Lekakos

The purpose of this paper is to investigate how a distributed network architecture, building on web‐service orchestration, data‐stream management systems and smart‐tagging…

Cross‐generational knowledge flows in edge organizations

Jay Liebowitz, Nirmala Ayyavoo, Hang Nguyen, Deborah Carran, James Simien

This paper seeks to investigate how cross‐generational biases affect tacit knowledge transfer and resulting knowledge flows in edge organizations.

Adoption of mobile technology in business: a fit‐viability model

Ting‐Peng Liang, Chen‐Wei Huang, Yi‐Hsuan Yeh, Binshan Lin

This paper aims to study the adoption of mobile technology in business and its determinants. A diagnostic tool for proper adoption of mobile technology is developed.

Electronic marketplaces for tailored logistics

Yingli Wang, Andrew Potter, Mohamed Naim

The purpose of this paper is to evaluate electronic logistics marketplaces (ELMs), especially closed systems based on long‐term relationships between shippers and carriers. It…

Management accounting in ERP integrated MRP and TOC environments

Bih‐Ru Lea

The purpose of this paper is to examine traditional costing, activity‐based costing (ABC), and through‐put accounting in an enterprise resource planning (ERP) integrated…

A reappraisal on advanced planning and scheduling systems

Chao‐Hsien Lin, Sheue‐Ling Hwang, Eric Min‐Yang Wang

This paper sets out to present a reappraisal on advanced planning and scheduling (APS) systems in industrial settings and propose an effective approach for APS implementation.

Intranet usage and managers' performance in the port industry

Mohd Daud Norzaidi, Siong Choy Chong, Raman Murali, Mohamed Intan Salwani

Using the extended task‐technology fit (TTF) model, the purpose of this paper is to examine the impact of intranet usage on middle managers' performance in the port industry.