Title: A framework for the modelling of tempo-spatial enterprise operations

Authors: Darek M. Eriksson

Addresses: School of Industrial Economics and Social Sciences, Lulea University of Technology, Lulea, Sweden

Abstract: A framework for the modelling of enterprise operations is presented, aiming at enabling a conception of enterprise operations in three explicitly aligned perspectives: its what, or morphology; its when, or temporal position; its where, or spatial position. It is derived from the precepts of a General Systems Theory and its General Process Theory. The practical and empirical benefit of this framework is indicated by a real-life case, a so-called |Transatlantic Shopping Process|, where the models constructed enable management of complexities emerging from enterprise operations.

Keywords: enterprise modelling; operations research; temporal; spatial; e-business; e-logistics; general system theory; general process theory; electronic business; online logistics.

DOI: 10.1504/IJASS.2007.017708

International Journal of Applied Systemic Studies, 2007 Vol.1 No.3, pp.231 - 247

Published online: 27 Mar 2008 *

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