The advancement of information and communications technologies (ICT) has significantly intensified market competition the world over. One of the most widespread solutions is the use of enterprise resource planning systems that has proved to support the integration and automation of the processes, the improvement of the performance, and the reduction of costs. ERP involves the planning and manag...

Enterprise interoperability enables the access to relevant information within an enterprise. Traditionally, enterprise integration implementations are managed as merely technological solutions, but integration requirements outcome from business process needs, such as just-in-time information and integration with strategic partners. Without a business process driven methodology that comprises bo...

Enterprise integration is the study of an organization, its business processes, and resources, understanding how they are related to each other and determining the enterprise structure so as to efficiently and effectively execute the enterprise goals. There are many separate research streams that have developed theories, approaches, and technologies for integrating the enterprise. There seems t...

With the ceaseless development of new and more advanced technologies, along with their growing influence and control over business and commerce, it is no surprise that the educational community is struggling to come up with programs to educate students to adequately handle these developments. Textbooks are becoming a thing of the past, for information and standards are changing faster than any ...

the advancement of information and communications technologies (ict) has significantly intensified market competition the world over. one of the most widespread solutions is the use of enterprise resource planning systems that has proved to support the integration and automation of the processes, the improvement of the performance, and the reduction of costs. erp involves the planning and manag...

Intense global competition, dynamic business complexity, as well as increased customer sophistication (e.g., one-stop shop, one face to all) are demanding large complex organizations to integrate their enterprise operations. One way to attain the goal is through ERP-enabled enterprise integration. How do organizations execute their enterprise integration strategies through ERP systems? Through ...

Enterprise Integration (EI) is the re-engineering of business processes and information systems to improve teamwork and co-ordination across organizational boundaries, thereby increasing the effectiveness of the enterprise as a whole. Starting from the needs for EI, and some identification of the state of the art, the paper tries to define a base for building consensus on the research issues. V...

Enterprises face a daunting challenge. As technology has evolved, the number of enterprise applications and data systems has multiplied rapidly. Organizations must implement new systems to keep pace with innovation yet continue to support and upgrade existing systems. As a result, most enterprise IT environments include many disparate systems not designed to interoperate. One efficient, cost-ef...