Information logistics (IL) is understood as the process of planning, implementing and controlling cross-unit data flows as well as storage and provisioning of respective data - as long as data is used for unitpsilas decision support. IL creates significant business value - but mostly for other units and in the future while costs occur now at the IT units. As a consequence, managerial aspects of IL like requirements analysis, strategic alignment, financials, organizational design and architecture design need more attention than technical issues. This article defines IL, discusses its managerial challenges, and sketches first solutions.
Language
English
HSG Classification
not classified
Refereed
No
Book title
ITI 2008 - 30th International Conference on Information Technology Interfaces
Publisher
SRCE University Computing Centre, University of Zagreb
Publisher place
Zagreb
Start page
41
End page
49
Pages
9
Event Title
30th International Conference on Information Technology Interfaces (ITI 2008)