scholarly journals  The Engineer … No Longer a Person but a Number on an Excel Sheet: Enterprise Resource Planning and Commoditisation of Labour

2020 ◽  
Vol 11 (2) ◽  
Author(s):  
Rajalaxmi Kamath ◽  
Eureka Sarkar
Keyword(s):  
Decision Making ◽  
Information Technology ◽  
Enterprise Resource Planning ◽  
Mass Production ◽  
Working Life ◽  
Resource Planning ◽  
Integrated Development ◽  
The Future ◽  
Integrated Development Environments ◽  
Production Techniques

Based on transcripts provided by 145 engineers working in various information technology organisations in Bangalore, India, the article examines the commoditisation of labour in this sector. In doing so, we specifically want to problematise algorithm-based decision-making embedded in the wider technology of Integrated Development Environments like Enterprise Resource Planning and its ramifications for business and labour processes. Standardisation and modularisation of tasks have made wide inroads in workers’ lives, resulting in a replication of Taylorist mass-production techniques. In unpeeling the “materiality” behind such a development, we elaborate on how efficiency and profit motives of these firms are turning engineers into numbers on a spreadsheet. We conclude by commenting on the implications of this on labour’s organisation and resistance and the future trajectory of working life.

Improvements in Web Based ERP Software Architecture as Implemented on the Cloud

2017 ◽  
Vol 7 (11) ◽  
pp. 22
Author(s):  
Shruti Makarand Kanade
Keyword(s):  
Health Care ◽  
Information Technology ◽  
Cloud Computing ◽  
Software Architecture ◽  
Enterprise Resource Planning ◽  
Resource Planning ◽  
Web Based ◽  
Manufacturing Company ◽  
Erp Software

 Cloud computing is the buzz word in today’s Information Technology. It can be used in various fields like banking, health care and education. Some of its major advantages that is pay-per-use and scaling, can be profitably implemented in development of Enterprise Resource Planning or ERP. There are various challenges in implementing an ERP on the cloud. In this paper, we discuss some of them like ERP software architecture by considering a case study of a manufacturing company.

An Investigation of Enterprise Resource Planning Implementation in a Small Firm

2013 ◽  
pp. 57-80
Author(s):  
Magdy Abdel-Kader ◽  
Thu Phuong Nguyen
Keyword(s):  
Decision Making ◽  
Small Firm ◽  
Enterprise Resource Planning ◽  
Implementation Process ◽  
Resource Planning ◽  
Erp Systems ◽  
Erp Implementation ◽  
Erp System ◽  
Small Organizations ◽  
Selection Processes

Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) systems have been recognized as complex and costly, which limited their implementation in large organizations. However, an increasing number of small organizations have recently gained interest in this system. This paper investigates the implementation process of ERP in a small firm. The investigation focused on two perspectives of ERP implementation: successes achieved and problems encountered. Despite many problems encountered in the firm, the ERP system still exists. This gives evidence that small organizations are more flexible and motivated to adapt to change and implement an ERP system. Most problems were encountered at early stages of implementation, which can be minimized if deliberate decision making of ERP implementation and proper selection processes were in place. Further, ERP is a good solution for small organizations if they are able to build a relevant in-house system.

Collaborative Commerce

2005 ◽  
pp. 1-18
Author(s):  
Eldon Y. Li ◽  
Timon C. Du
Keyword(s):  
Information Technology ◽  
Supply Chain ◽  
Enterprise Resource Planning ◽  
Concurrent Engineering ◽  
Information Technologies ◽  
Resource Planning ◽  
Collaborative Commerce ◽  
Collaborative Technology ◽  
Integrated Technology ◽  
Business Partners

This chapter introduces collaborative commerce as a means of integrating information technologies into e-business adoption. It explains how companies use information technology to achieve a closer integration and a better management of business relationships among business partners, including internal personnel, business partners, and customers. In this chapter, collaborative commerce is defined as (1) a collaborative technology, similar to workflow collaboration; (2) a customer-driven technology, similar to a pull-type supply chain; (3) a functionally integrated technology, similar to concurrent engineering; and (4) a business-driven technology, similar to enterprise resource planning, for cross-organisational integration. The authors hope that understanding the characteristics and infrastructures of collaborative commerce can improve the adoption of the technologies.

Resistance

2011 ◽  
pp. 70-83
Author(s):  
Dianne Waddell
Keyword(s):  
Information Technology ◽  
Change Management ◽  
Technological Innovation ◽  
Enterprise Resource Planning ◽  
Complex Dynamics ◽  
Resistance To Change ◽  
Resource Planning ◽  
It Investments ◽  
Employee Resistance ◽  
Management Techniques

Resistance to change has long been recognised as a critically important factor that can influence the success or otherwise of implementing any technological innovation. Information technology (IT) focused interventions, for example, business process re-engineering (BPR) and enterprise resource planning (ERP), are often quoted as examples of costly failures, with reported levels of dissatisfaction with strategic IT investments ranging from 20-70 percent and that employee resistance was to blame. The intention of this chapter is to rethink resistance. The author suggests that resistance remains to this day a complex, multi-faceted phenomenon that continues to affect the outcomes of change, both negatively and positively. Although research has procured a solid understanding of resistance and the benefits that can accrue to an organisation through its proper utilisation, it appears that the classical adversarial approach remains the dominant means of managing resistance because such learning is not reflected in modern management techniques. The author concludes that as companies in every industry are now translating the power and possibilities of e-business into strategic and operational realities, new approaches in change management are required to help organisations to understand the complex dynamics of technological innovation and especially the multifaceted nature of resistance.

A Journey through the Wilderness

2013 ◽  
Vol 4 (4) ◽  
pp. 1-34 ◽  
Author(s):  
Terry T. Kidd ◽  
Carolyn Ashe ◽  
Natasha Carroll
Keyword(s):  
Information Technology ◽  
Project Management ◽  
Enterprise Resource Planning ◽  
Methodological Approach ◽  
Implementation Process ◽  
Resource Planning ◽  
Planning System ◽  
Cultural Aspects ◽  
Behavioral Studies ◽  
The Social

Autoethnography has emerged as a relatively new methodological approach within the fields of project management, information technology, organizational behavioral studies, and more broadly within the social sciences. As a reflexive methodology it offers the beginning and experienced researcher a means of critically exploring the social forces that shapes ones involvement in the information technology project implementation process and subsequent the project management experience. In this article the authors discuss the significance of autoethnography as it was utilized to research the experiences of project managers in the enterprise resource planning systems implementation process. The process involved recollecting, writing and re-reading experiences in light of social capital and organizational theories that explore the socio-psychological and cultural aspects within the implementation period of an enterprise resources planning system. The autoethnographic approach used in this article contributes to the emergent methodological literature that embraces the textual or narrative turn within qualitative studies of information technology and project management.

Component-Based ERP Design in a Distributed Object Environment

2002 ◽  
pp. 214-219
Author(s):  
Bonn-Oh Kim ◽  
Ted Lee
Keyword(s):  
Enterprise Resource Planning ◽  
Domain Knowledge ◽  
Resource Planning ◽  
Marketing Strategies ◽  
Knowledge Modeling ◽  
Tight Coupling ◽  
Distributed Object ◽  
The Future

ERP (Enterprise Resource Planning) vendors have seen a dramatic increase in their sales this decade. Even though several vendors are producing great products and making huge profits, there are some problems to be resolved to make ERP applications a continuous success in the next decades. Current ERP applications have the low reusability and interchangeability of various modules among different vendors’ packages. One of the main reasons for these shortfalls is a tight coupling of ERP domain knowledge with the particular implementation tools. Also, efforts in establishing and using the standards in specifications of ERP applications have been inconsequential. In this article, strategic steps to wield a dominant power in the future ERP market are discussed. These steps are as follows: 1. Knowledge Modeling: Abstraction of Domain Knowledge from Tools; 2. Componentization of Domain Knowledge; 3. Implementation of Componentized Domain Knowledge; 4. Marketing Strategies for Domain Knowledge Components.

scholarly journals Maintaining the Role of Humans in the Forecast Process: Analyzing the Psyche of Expert Forecasters

2007 ◽  
Vol 88 (12) ◽  
pp. 1893-1898 ◽  
Author(s):  
Neil A. Stuart ◽  
David M. Schultz ◽  
Gary Klein
Keyword(s):  
Decision Making ◽  
Information Technology ◽  
Weather Forecasting ◽  
Time Constraints ◽  
Learning Gap ◽  
Weather Forecasters ◽  
The Future ◽  
Mental Modeling ◽  
And Training

The Second Forum on the Future Role of the Human in the Forecast Process occurred on 2–3 August 2005 at the American Meteorological Society's Weather Analysis and Forecasting Conference in Washington, D.C. The forum consisted of three sessions. This paper discusses the second session, featuring three presentations on the cognitive and psychological aspects of expert weather forecasters. The first presentation discussed the learning gap between students (goal seekers) and teachers (knowledge seekers)—a similar gap exists between forecasters and researchers. In order to most effectively train students or forecasters, teachers must be able to teach across this gap using some methods described within. The second presentation discussed the heuristics involved in weather forecasting and decision making under time constraints and uncertainty. The final presentation classified the spectrum of forecasters from intuitive scientists to the disengaged. How information technology can best be adapted so as not to inhibit intuitive scientists from their mental modeling of weather scenarios is described. Forecasters must continuously refine their skills through education and training, and be aware of the heuristic contributions to the forecast process, to maintain expertise and have the best chance of ensuring a dynamic role in the future forecast process.

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