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- Apelkrans, Mats, et al.
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Enterprise systems Configuration as an Information Logistics Process - A Case Study
- 2007
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Ingår i: Proceedings of 9th International Conference on Enterprise Information Systems. - : SciTePress. - 9789728865900 ; , s. 10-
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Konferensbidrag (refereegranskat)abstract
- In this paper, we suggest using rule-based descriptions of customer’s requirements for Enterprise Systems implementing Information Logistics. The rules are developed from the users’ requirements and inserted as schedules to the Enterprise System. The output, from testing these rules, is a list of modules and parameter setting to configure the system. By using rules, we can, at least partly, automate the configuration process for traverse the several modules and thousands parameters there are in an Enterprise System. From the list, we can select the modules and the parameters that meet the customer’s requirements. Then these selected modules and parameters are visually presented through a kind of Unified Modeling Language diagrams, to support the user investigation and then to configure the system either manually or automatically. Every attempt to match a customer’s requirement to the contents of the knowledge base within the Enterprise system can be thought of as an Information Logistics Process. The output from such a process must be examined by the user, which can give rise to a new call to the Information Logistics process. In other words the configuration work is done through a dialogue between the customer and the knowledge base of the Enterprise system.
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- Håkansson, Anne, et al.
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Enterprise systems Configuration as an Information Logistics Process : A Case Study
- 2007
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Ingår i: Proceedings of 9th International Conference on Enterprise Information Systems, ICEIS-2007. - 9789728865900 ; , s. 212-220
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Konferensbidrag (refereegranskat)abstract
- In this paper we suggest using rule-based descriptions of customer’s requirements for Enterprise Systems implementing Information Logistics. The rules are developed from the users’ requirements and inserted as schedules to the Enterprise System. The output, from testing these rules, is a list of modules and parameter setting to configure the system. By using rules, we can, at least partly, automate the configuration process for traverse the several modules and thousands parameters there are in an Enterprise System. We can select the modules and the parameters that meet the customer’s requirements. These selected modules and parameters are visually presented through a kind of Unified Modeling Language diagrams, to support the user investigation and then to configure the system either manually or automatically. Every attempt to match a customer’s requirement to the contents of the knowledge base within the Enterprise system can be thought of as an Information Logistics Process. The output from such a process must be examined by the user, which can give rise to a new call to the Information Logistics process. In other words the configuration work is done through a dialogue between the customer and the knowledge base of the Enterprise system.
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- Johansson, Lars-Olof, 1961-, et al.
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Operationalizing theory : Moving from insight to action in a SME
- 2007
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Ingår i: ICEIS 2007. - Setubal : INSTICC Press. - 9789728865900 - 9728865902 ; , s. 591-598
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Konferensbidrag (refereegranskat)abstract
- This paper presents a method for operationalizing theory. The method has its basis in the empirical findings arising from collaboration between the researchers and a research partner, Flower Systems Ltd. The research partner is a software company characterized as a SME. The presented method is exemplified with theories from learning organizations, usability, and visualization - which are all connected to the problem articulated by our partner. The method is an iterative process characterized by a systemic and holistic long- term view that incorporates feedback. The method takes as its point of departure the problematic area described by Flower Systems ltd; the researchers both intervene and interpret in this problematic area, so the method is both described and verified.. The paper combines the case study and action research methods in what is sometimes referred to as a "hybrid" method, the action case method. The view of innovation presented in this paper is that innovation entails supporting change processes in order to create purposeful and focused change.. The underlying research question has been: How usable is our method for operationalizing theory in solving the problem of adapting to changes in an SME?
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