Motives for Feral Systems in Denmark

2016 ◽  
pp. 193-222
Author(s):  
Torben Tambo ◽  
Martin Olsen ◽  
Lars Bækgaard
Keyword(s):  
Case Studies ◽  
Business Models ◽  
Business Processes ◽  
Low Cost ◽  
Software Systems ◽  
Work Processes ◽  
Systems Architecture ◽  
General Acceptance ◽  
Process Support ◽  
Information Systems Architecture

Feral systems have largely been regarded as the users' response to discrepancies between official IT software systems and actual business processes. Inadequacies, discrepancies, and absence of systems support to work processes might lead to users initiating systems development themselves: systems involving any combination of software and manual processes. Feral systems are unofficial and exhibit a conflict between formal and actual operational implementation. In this chapter, the use and implementation of feral systems in Denmark are analysed and discussed. It is found interesting to aim for an understanding of feral systems in a small, relatively agile economy with traditionally positive to rapid adoption of information technology in enterprises. The method being used is qualitative case studies in selected companies representing various complexities of their respective business models and industries. The case studies address both issues of organisational and technological nature of the feral systems typically with an offset in the companies' overall information systems architecture. Among findings are (1) feral systems as a known choice when reflecting business processes with open and non-routinised character, (2) a general acceptance not related to the size or industry, (3) feral systems have received attention as implementations of innovation, (4) feral systems start as opposed to formal and official systems, but during their lifetime they can drift towards a more official status, and (5) feral systems are accepted as low-cost solutions to fill gaps in business process support where ERP systems come short.

Motives for Feral Systems in Denmark

2014 ◽  
pp. 129-160
Author(s):  
Torben Tambo ◽  
Martin Olsen ◽  
Lars Bækgaard
Keyword(s):  
Case Studies ◽  
Business Models ◽  
Business Processes ◽  
Low Cost ◽  
Software Systems ◽  
Work Processes ◽  
Systems Architecture ◽  
General Acceptance ◽  
Process Support ◽  
Information Systems Architecture

Feral systems have largely been regarded as the users’ response to discrepancies between official IT software systems and actual business processes. Inadequacies, discrepancies, and absence of systems support to work processes might lead to users initiating systems development themselves: systems involving any combination of software and manual processes. Feral systems are unofficial and exhibit a conflict between formal and actual operational implementation. In this chapter, the use and implementation of feral systems in Denmark are analysed and discussed. It is found interesting to aim for an understanding of feral systems in a small, relatively agile economy with traditionally positive to rapid adoption of information technology in enterprises. The method being used is qualitative case studies in selected companies representing various complexities of their respective business models and industries. The case studies address both issues of organisational and technological nature of the feral systems typically with an offset in the companies’ overall information systems architecture. Among findings are (1) feral systems as a known choice when reflecting business processes with open and non-routinised character, (2) a general acceptance not related to the size or industry, (3) feral systems have received attention as implementations of innovation, (4) feral systems start as opposed to formal and official systems, but during their lifetime they can drift towards a more official status, and (5) feral systems are accepted as low-cost solutions to fill gaps in business process support where ERP systems come short.

scholarly journals Perencanaan Sistem Informasi Pada Perusahaan PT. XYZ

JURNAL PETIK ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 6 (1) ◽  
pp. 51-63
Author(s):  
Purnomo Sidiq ◽  
Yopy Nugraha ◽  
Irdham Denny ◽  
Demmy Dharma Bhakti
Keyword(s):  
Information Technology ◽  
Information Systems ◽  
Business Processes ◽  
Soy Sauce ◽  
Systems Architecture ◽  
Application Architecture ◽  
Business Function ◽  
Application Identification ◽  
Information Systems Architecture ◽  
A Company

Abstrac - PT. XYZ is a company engaged in the manufacture of sweet soy sauce, with a segment of middle class consumers, focusing on the market share of the housewives, restaurants and traders of the wheel circumference. SI/TI in the PT .XYZ at this time not integrated in the utilization of information technology by better, of course, the very necessary development of information systems with the approach of the Architecture of the Enterprise (EA) with enterprise system manufacturing for business architecture, information architecture, application architecture and technology architecture, with method Architecture Enterprise Planning (EAP) approach framework Zachman.With planning Architecture Enterprise Planning (EAP) described in the modeling business according to the organization identified 25 business function 7 business processes, schemes of information technology are connected, the architecture of the data on the candidate data entities 41 entities, the data base tersentralisasikan accessed by all organizational units in PT. XYZ, the architecture of the application identification on candidate 41 applications, technology architecture 30 network infrastructure technology supporting business, with the aim that the process of business connected overall so that stacholder easy to plan the development of a system. Keywords - Information Systems Architecture, EAP, Information Systems, Manufacturing  Abstrak - PT. XYZ merupakan perusahaan yang bergerak dalam pembuatan kecap manis, dengan segmen konsumen menengah kebawah, berfokus pada pangsa pasar para ibu rumah tangga, rumah makan dan pedagang roda keliling. SI/TI di PT .XYZ pada saat ini belum terintergrasi pada pemanfaatan teknologi informasi dengan baik, tentunya sangat diperlukan pengembangan sistem informasi dengan pendekatan Architecture Enterprise (EA) dengan sistem enterprise manufaktur secara arsitektur bisnis, arsitektur informasi, arsitektur aplikasi dan arsitektur teknologi, dengan metode Architecture Enterprise Planning (EAP) pada pendekatan framework Zachman.Dengan perencanaan Architecture Enterprise Planning (EAP) dijabarkan dalam suatu pemodelan bisnis yang sesuai organisasi mengidentifikasi 25 fungsi bisnis dan 7 proses bisnis, skema teknologi informasi yang terkoneksi, arsitektur data pada kandidat entitas data 41 entitas, basis data yang tersentralisasikan diakses oleh semua unit organisasi di PT. XYZ, arsitektur aplikasi melakukan identifikasi pada kandidat 41 aplikasi, arsitektur teknologi 30 infrastruktur jaringan teknologi pendukung bisnis, dengan tujuan agar proses binis terkoneksi secara keseluruhan sehingga stacholder mudah merencanakan pengembangan sebuah sistem.   Kata Kunci – Sistem Informasi Arsitektur, EAP, Sistem Informasi Manufaktur

Global Sourcing of Business Processes: History, Effects, and Future Trends

2018 ◽  
Author(s):  
Stephan Manning ◽  
Marcus Møller Larsen ◽  
Chacko George Kannothra
Keyword(s):  
Business Models ◽  
Business Processes ◽  
Low Cost ◽  
Offshore Outsourcing ◽  
Global Sourcing ◽  
History Effects ◽  
Information And Communication ◽  
Knowledge Intensive ◽  
Client Side ◽  
Delivery Models

The chapter reviews key drivers, trends, and consequences of global sourcing of business processes—the sourcing of administrative and more knowledge-intensive processes from globally dispersed locations. It is argued that global sourcing, which is also associated with ‘offshoring’ and ‘offshore outsourcing’, has co-evolved over the last three decades with the advancement of information and communication technology, a growing pool of low-cost, yet-often-qualified labour and expertise in developing countries, and increasing client-side global sourcing experience. It is shown how this dynamic has led firms to develop new global capabilities, governance and business models, changed the geographical distribution of work and expertise, and promoted the emergence of new geographical knowledge services clusters. Further, three new trends are introduced—the emergence of global delivery models, information technology-enabled service automation, and impact sourcing—and discuss future directions for research.

scholarly journals Business models in urban farming: A comparative analysis of case studies from Spain, Italy and Germany

2017 ◽  
Vol 25 (3) ◽  
pp. 166-180 ◽  
Author(s):  
Bernd Pölling ◽  
María-José Prados ◽  
Bianca Maria Torquati ◽  
Giulia Giacchè ◽  
Xavier Recasens ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Case Studies ◽  
Urban Agriculture ◽  
Business Models ◽  
Local Food ◽  
Low Cost ◽  
Regional Analysis ◽  
Urban Farming ◽  
Management Models ◽  
Business Model Canvas ◽  
Urban Conditions

Abstract The “Urban Agriculture Europe” EU COST-Action (2012–2016) has shown that the complexity of urban agriculture (UA) is hardly compressible into classic business management models and has proposed new management models, such as the Business Model Canvas (BMC). Business models of UA have to be different from rural ones. In particular, factors such as differentiation and diversification, but also low cost-oriented specialisation, are characteristic and necessary business models for UA to stay profitable in the long term under challenging city conditions. This paper aims to highlight how farm enterprises have to adjust to urban conditions by stepping into appropriate business models aiming to stay competitive and profitable, and how the BMC is useful to analyse their organisation and performance, both economically and socially. The paper offers an inter-regional analysis of UA enterprises located in Spain, Italy, and Germany, which are further subdivided into: local food, leisure, educational, social, therapeutic, agri-environmental, cultural heritage and experimental farms. The analysis demonstrates that UA is differentially adjusted to specific urban conditions and that the BMC is useful for analysing urban farming. Heterogeneous local food farms and the integration of local and organic food production in social farming business models are most frequent in our case studies.

A Composite Application Model for Building Enterprise Information Systems in a Connected World

2011 ◽  
pp. 156-175
Author(s):  
Jean-Jacques Dubray
Keyword(s):  
Information Systems ◽  
Enterprise Architecture ◽  
Business Processes ◽  
Information Access ◽  
Enterprise Information ◽  
Systems Architecture ◽  
Computing Platform ◽  
Application Model ◽  
Distributed Computing Platform ◽  
Information Systems Architecture

The Web, as a ubiquitous distributed computing platform, has changed dramatically the way we build information systems, evolving from monolithic applications to an open model that enables real-time and federated information access, unifying the user experience across business processes. The industry has coined a new term for this latest evolution: connected systems. Unlike distributed systems, they are not just about distributing workload or ensuring fail-over, but rather about leveraging connectivity to enable specialized software agents to perform units of work cooperatively and opportunistically by exposing and consuming each other’s services to fulfill a common goal. To reach their fullest benefits, connected systems require a new application model that relies exclusively on the consumption and composition of autonomous services. This new blueprint is poised to reshape the information systems’ architecture, infrastructure, delivery technologies, programming languages, deployment, and management models. The goal of this chapter is to help you understand why and how IT should evolve the enterprise architecture toward a service-oriented composite application model.

scholarly journals A BPM-based framework for the impact assessment of blockchain to the midstream LNG supply chain

2021 ◽  
Vol ahead-of-print (ahead-of-print) ◽  
Author(s):  
Dimitrios V. Lyridis ◽  
Georgios O. Andreadis ◽  
Christos Papaleonidas ◽  
Violetta Tsiampa
Keyword(s):  
Supply Chain ◽  
Business Models ◽  
Business Processes ◽  
Low Cost ◽  
Cost Savings ◽  
Sensitive Information ◽  
Management Tools ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Shipping Company ◽  
The Impact

PurposeThe current study addresses how blockchain can deal with the challenges that the midstream liquefied natural gas (LNG) supply chain poses combined from a management standpoint. Such challenges are: the volume of transactions, communication hurdles and the lack of contemporary management tools. The paper proposes a comprehensive framework to assess the impact of blockchain implementation in the midstream LNG supply chain in order to tackle those barriers.Design/methodology/approachThe basis of the research is the business process modelling (BPM), through which entities, roles, tasks, resources and transactions can be modelled and simulated. The modelling of the midstream LNG supply chain, via BPM, is based on guidelines of the Society of International Gas Tanker and Terminal Operators (SIGGTO) and common industry business models. A quantitative analysis is employed to support the motivation and the potential impact of blockchain implementation. The methodology is used to identify (1) inefficiencies related to large volume of transactions between stakeholders and (2) critical areas of an LNG shipping company, where blockchain can be implemented.FindingsProcess repeatability, numerous shared documentation forms, excessive paperwork and communication imbroglios are mapped from the modelling section. Up to 327 processes are repeated during a typical vessel voyage, and up to 122 shared documentation forms are exchanged. Excessive paperwork and communication imbroglios are tracked through, which correspond to 25 severe errors as detected. By implementing the methodology, stakeholders can quantify the possible impact of blockchain on the operational performance of each stakeholder's operations separately and the supply chain as a whole in terms of real-time monitoring, transparency and paperwork reduction, time and cost savings.Research limitations/implicationsThe research has certain limitations deriving from its conceptual nature. The business processes' modelling is based on standard procedures described in the guidelines by SIGGTO and may need further adjustment for specific use cases. A structured case study has not been realisable as corporate data for an LNG shipping company regarding processes and other commercial sensitive information are required.Practical implicationsPotential practitioners may exploit the proposed framework as a low cost and seamless tool to evaluate how blockchain could disrupt their operations. Thus, the blockchain implementation's improvements or weaknesses can be pinpointed, and enabling the interested stakeholder of the LNG supply chain with specific feedback, it can guide them towards informed decisions on their operations.Originality/valueThe research has a novel approach as it combines the creation of practical management framework, with a comprehensive visualization of the midstream LNG supply chain. Thus, the reader can identify in which parts of the midstream LNG supply chain can blockchain be implemented, and what impact it could have in terms of supply chain operations.

scholarly journals Organizational and economic changes in the development of enterprise architecture

2019 ◽  
Vol 110 ◽  
pp. 02051 ◽  
Author(s):  
Aleksei Anisiforov ◽  
Alissa Dubgorn ◽  
Aleksandr Lepekhin
Keyword(s):  
Information Systems ◽  
Enterprise Architecture ◽  
Business Processes ◽  
Systems Architecture ◽  
Economic Changes ◽  
Information Systems Architecture

The paper describes the synchronization of strategic and operational tasks of business with the development and ongoing operation of information systems of the enterprise. The issue of developing information systems architecture in a constantly changing landscape of business processes is investigated in the context of enterprise architectural approach.

scholarly journals The role of the airline as a logistics provider in the passenger travel chains involving air transport

2021 ◽  
pp. 62-79
Author(s):  
Myroslava Semeriahina ◽  
Mariia Hryhorak
Keyword(s):  
Business Models ◽  
Business Processes ◽  
Low Cost ◽  
Air Transport ◽  
Air Carrier ◽  
Air Supply ◽  
Passenger Travel ◽  
A Chain ◽  
Air Carriers

The article is devoted to the classification of air carrier as a logistics provider. Therefore, in the outsourcing pyramid of logistics providing, the place of the air carrier was determined taking into account its business model: legacy, low-cost, hybrid. Based on this, insourcing pyramid of airline logistics services involving air transport was developed and varieties of 3PL providers were identified: 3–PL, 3PL, 3+PL air carriers. 3–PL air carrier is a logistics provider that provides a range of services within the air supply / travel chain. 3PL air carrier is a logistics provider that provides a range of services in the full supply / travel chain, when booking individual components of such a chain is carried out through the websites of the air carrier and its partners. 3+PL air carrier is a logistics provider that provides a range of services in the full supply / travel chain, when booking such services is carried out integrated through the air carrier's website, and business processes are performed by the air carrier and its partners. It was studied the websites of airlines in order to find out the providing level of modern global passenger airlines operating on legacy, low-cost and hybrid business models and to identify the main trends among air carrier to ensure a complete passenger travel chain. The main feature of the world's air carriers is that most of them provide services at the level of 3PL-provider, and only the world's leading air carriers provide the organization of the passenger travel chain at the level of 3+PL-provider. The generalized scheme of providing for a passenger travel chain involving air transport for the purpose of definition of a role of each type of logistics provider and their collaboration in such chains was constructed. For example, 3–PL, 3PL, 3+PL air carriers can involve 2 PL-companies in the performance of business processes in the passenger chain. At the same time, the air carrier of 4PL-level will involve performers from 2 PL 3-PL, 3PL levels in the processes of the travel chain. On the virtual 5 PL platform, the passenger will independently choose performers from different levels of providing according to their own needs.

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