Title: Managing a manufacturing company in a wired world

Authors: A.B. Jambekar, K.I. Pelc

Addresses: School of Business and Economics, Michigan Technological University, Houghton, MI 49931, USA. School of Business and Economics, Michigan Technological University, Houghton, MI 49931, USA

Abstract: Under new conditions of unlimited access to information technology, the management of a manufacturing company will be changed to take advantage of new capabilities based on internet, intranet and computing and simulation technologies. A conceptual model of management system, applicable in small and medium size manufacturing companies (SMEs), has been developed. It integrates physical, information and knowledge value chains. Based on this concept, a managerial ||dashboard|| is proposed as a tool allowing a manager to access information from sources inside and outside the company, to check financial/economic conditions and to simulate alternative courses of actions. The tool operates as a hypertext system and includes modules representing the internal operations of company and its interfaces with suppliers and knowledge providers. It also includes a microworlds simulation module and a module of return-on-investment analysis.

Keywords: hypertext; managerial ||dashboard||; microworld system; technology; value chains; SMEs; manufacturing management.

DOI: 10.1504/IJITM.2002.001192

International Journal of Information Technology and Management, 2002 Vol.1 No.1, pp.131-141

Published online: 01 Jul 2003 *

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