The transverse information system : new solutions for IS and business performance / / Francois Rivard, Georges Abou Harb, Philippe Meret

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910817481603321
• Autore: Rivard Francois <1971->
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: London, : ISTE Ltd; Hoboken, NJ, : John Wiley & Sons, 2009
• ISBN: 1-282-16552-6; 9786612165528; 0-470-61185-5; 0-470-60806-4
• Edizione: [1st ed.]
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (354 p.)
• Collana: ISTE ; ; v.129
• Altri autori (Persone): Abou-HarbGeorges; MeretPhilippe
• Disciplina: 658.4/038011
• Soggetti: Management information systems; Information technology - Management
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: The Transverse Information System; Table of Contents; Preface; Acknowledgements; Chapter 1. Innovation for Business Value and Cost-killing; 1.1. Supporting profit and growth; 1.1.1. A junction with the business; 1.2. Assessing innovation; 1.2.1. "Russian Ark", a universal example; 1.2.2. What does innovation involve?; 1.2.3. A central mission for IT; 1.3. Agility and alignment; 1.3.1. Improving performance by innovation; 1.3.2. Improving adaptability and making alignment easier; 1.3.3. Rationalizing complexity; 1.3.4. Measuring operating indicators; 1.4. Sustainable development and information assetsChapter 2. The Transverse Information System; 2.1. A regular increase in power; 2.1.1. A field lying fallow; 2.1.2. A metaphor for the city; 2.1.3. The middle empire; 2.1.4. Towards convergence; 2.2. Optimizing business unit assets; 2.3. The impact on the IT department agenda; 2.3.1. A question of governance; 2.3.2. Redefined priorities; 2.3.3. Supporting the NISS investment; 2.3.4. Organizing transversality; Chapter 3. Master Data; 3.1. An unclaimed asset; 3.1.1. An eloquent study; 3.1.2. Reference ; data; 3.1.3. The issues involved in good reference data management3.1.4. Structuring data management; 3.1.5. Transverse solutions for reference data; 3.2. Master data management: centralization; 3.2.1. Master data management; 3.2.2. Two choices of architecture; 3.2.3. A customer database in industry; 3.2.4. Volume retailer databases; 3.2.5. The state of the market; 3.2.6. A rollout process, substantial projects; 3.3. Enterprise information integration: federation; 3.3.1. Virtual dynamic views; 3.3.2. Gestica: dynamic views for large-scale businesses; 3.3.3. The state of the market; 3.4. Between centralization and federation3.4.1. Two very different models; 3.4.2. A balance to be found; 3.5. Data governance; 3.5.1. Extent of data governance; 3.5.2. Three significant central themes; 3.5.3. A dedicated organization; 3.6. Towards information management; 3.7. Bibliography; Chapter 4. Service-Oriented Architectures; 4.1. Basic impacts; 4.1.1. From application to service: the end of a reign?; 4.1.2. The fall of the interoperability wall; 4.1.3. A central domain with a far-reaching impact; 4.2. A major lever for a change in progress; 4.2.1. New business models; 4.2.2. More effective information systems4.2.3. A more integrated information system; 4.3. A new experiment in the finance bank; 4.3.1. The context; 4.3.2. The benefits; 4.3.3. Pitfalls encountered; 4.3.4. Lessons learned; 4.4. Technologies and architecture; 4.4.1. Components of the technological offer; 4.4.2. eBay: intangible architecture principles; 4.4.3. The technological offer: the state of the market; 4.4.4. The maturity model; 4.5. Flexibility is an event? Yes, agent!; Chapter 5. Business Process Management; 5.1. From managing business processes to BPM; 5.1.1. An example of the business process
• Sommario/riassunto: Information systems have an enormous potential for improving business performance. With this in mind, companies must set out to exploit and optimize this potential without delay in order to improve their efficiency and continue to set themselves apart from the competition. This comprehensive text provides the information needed to understand and implement these systems at a practical level.