Industrial Management & Data Systems: Volume 101 Issue 9

A unified framework of manufacturing systems design

Bin Wu

Aims to set systems thinking into the context of manufacturing systems management (MSM), which is defined as a functional domain that involves the necessary activities such as…

An examination of Web usage in a global context

Bruce L. McManis, Randy Ryker, K. Christopher Cox

The Web has been a growing topic of interest since its introduction into the popular culture. This study examines the use of the Web by the Fortune Global 100 firms relative to…

Telework and gender: implications for the management of information technology professionals

Robert E. Beasley, Ewuuk Lomo‐David, Virginia R. Seubert

Attracting and retaining highly skilled information technology (IT) professionals has been a difficult task for IT managers since the early 1980s. With over 400,000 unfilled IT…

Planning enterprise resources by use of a reengineering approach to build a global logistics management system

Shi‐Ming Huang, Irene S.Y. Kwan, Yu‐Chung Hung

Theoretically and ideally, enterprise resource planning (ERP) seeks to streamline and integrate operation processes and information flow within a company. Practically, ERP system…

A case study of the SMEs’ organizational restructuring in Taiwan

Hsin‐Pin Fu, Tien‐Hsiang Chang, Ming‐Ji Wu

Business process reengineering (BPR) has been widely applied in many enterprises. However, most cases have targeted large enterprises. In Taiwan, small and medium enterprises…

Organizational learning in a high‐tech environment: from theory to practice

Atul Gupta, Glen Thomas

Organization learning has assumed a major role in modern management as a tool for coping with change and uncertainty. Organizations must adapt to shifting demands in an…