Industrial Management & Data Systems: Volume 97 Issue 6

Information superhighway: current developments and future analyses

Riccardo Camera, David C. Yen, David C. Chou, Sooun Lee

The information superhighway (ISH) has created a number of new opportunities and services. In order to allow the development of the new network system, some technological…

Strategies for survival following tariff reform

Geoff Buxey, Robert Kosmider

A cursory glance over retailers’ shelves in Australia reveals a proliferation of imports, with locally‐made goods often a minority. This is especially true of clothing, footwear…

Client/server infrastructure: a case study in planning and conversion

Wietze A. de Vries, Robert A. Fleck

Conversion to client/server systems from host‐centric systems can be accomplished with careful attention to planning and development procedures. A key component in a successful…

SME business leaders need powerful on‐board computers

Paul Heathfield

Recent surveys of the accounting software market show an increasing focus on new technologies that can adapt to changing business requirements and generate meaningful data for…

Cutting your cloth

Clare Monk

Looks at how Pacific tailored a new client/server‐based capacity planning system to enable Courtaulds Clothing to meet demand in the competitive fashion marketplace. Considers two…

Putting the “T” in IT

Clare Monk

Premier Beverages (owner of Typhoo tea) is working with systems integrator Pacific Systems International to improve systems availability on AS/400 platforms. The Robot suite of…