Authors:
Kweku-Muata Osei-Bryson
1
and
Delvin Grant
2
Affiliations:
1
The Information Systems Research Institute, Virginia Commonwealth University, United States
;
2
DePaul University, School of Accountancy and MIS, United States
Keyword(s):
Information Systems Architecture; Manufacturing; Enterprise Integration; Value Chain; Enterprise Engineering
Related
Ontology
Subjects/Areas/Topics:
Artificial Intelligence
;
Business Process Management
;
Databases and Information Systems Integration
;
e-Business
;
Enterprise Engineering
;
Enterprise Information Systems
;
Information Systems Analysis and Specification
;
Knowledge Management and Information Sharing
;
Knowledge-Based Systems
;
Methodologies, Processes and Platforms
;
Model-Driven Software Development
;
Organisational Issues on Systems Integration
;
Requirements Analysis And Management
;
Software Engineering
;
Symbolic Systems
;
Systems Engineering
Abstract:
The 21st century marketplace poses many challenges for modern manufacturing organizations thus requiring them to display increased levels of agility supported by an effective information systems infrastructure. The objective of this paper is to propose an Information Systems Architecture that meets the challenges of modern manufacturing organizations. For the manufacturing information systems architecture (MISA) to successfully meet these challenges it must satisfy five objectives: 1. Support the Value Chain Activities; 2. Support the interactions among the five Interacting Organizational Variables (i.e. Task, Communication, Technology, People, Structure); 3. Effectively deal with Industry Factors and Forces; 4. Integrate the organization internally and with its environment; and 5. Address other Enterprise Engineering issues. We present a MISA that satisfies these five objectives.