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PublicationA Conceptual Framework for Analysing Enterprise Engineering Methodologies(Ges. für Informatik, 2016)
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PublicationAn Intelligent Supply Chain Design for Improving Delivery Reliability(IGI Global, 2012-03-01)In order to flexibly respond to market demands and changing business environments, today's European machinery and equipment manufacturers are organized in agile, non-hierarchical business networks. As a consequence, relationships with suppliers are often highly volatile, instable and inapprehensible, which in turn causes turbulences with respect to reliability of deliveries. Following the design research paradigm, both practical and knowledge problems are considered by this paper. First, from a practical point of view, a new intelligent supply chain design for non-hierarchical manufacturing networks is developed, that pledges to improve the delivery reliability. Second, from a knowledge point of view, the underlying hypotheses that go along with this new design are validated using structural equation modeling. The results confirm several previously proposed assumptions, including the importance of an electronic procurement process as well as the use of incentive mechanisms for influencing a supplier's delivery reliability.Type:Journal:Volume:Issue:
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PublicationClosing the Loop: Evaluating a Measurement Instrument for Maturity Model Design(IEEE Computer Society, 2016)
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PublicationEvaluation of a Business Intelligence Maturity Model: The Reliability Perspective(Trauner, 2013-09-11)
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PublicationSituational Business Intelligence Maturity Models: An Exploratory AnalysisMaturity models (MMs) are an established instrument to identify strengths and weaknesses of certain domains. Having constructed such a maturity model for the domain of Business Intelligence (BI) in prior research, we explore the influence of contextual factors on the evolution of BI maturity in organizations in this paper. Therefore, four different BI maturity models were constructed on the basis of two contextual factors company size and environment. Analyzing the four models, we found that both factors strongly affect the evolution of BI maturity in organizations.
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PublicationTowards the Measurement of Business Intelligence MaturityFor the systematic evolution of interdisciplinary socio-technical systems, such as business intelligence (BI), artifacts are needed that comprehensively address multifaceted challenges. To support these strategic improvement initiatives, we proposed a BI maturity model (MM) in prior research. In this paper, we develop an approach to measure maturity of BI in organizations, thereby operationalizing our existing BI MM. In fact, a new maturity measurement instrument is developed that can be used in empirical research. According to the proposed approach, BI maturity can be calculated on the basis of 25 items and organizations are classified into five maturity levels. An exemplary application, using data from 92 organizations, shows that most organizations reside on maturity level three. Furthermore, we investigate the relationship between BI maturity and business benefits of BI. Findings showed that mature organizations have achieved significantly higher business benefits from BI than organizations on lower maturity levels.
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PublicationDeveloping a Collaborative Business Intelligence System for Improving Delivery Reliability in Business Networks( 2011-06-20)Since markets are becoming more complex and demanding, manufacturing enterprises are expected to organize along agile business networks in the next years. However, this complex environment often leads to problems with respect to delivery reliability as well as to increased operating expenses for monitoring and controlling suppliers. Based on the design science research paradigm, this paper illustrates the design of a process-centric, collaborative business intelligence system that may help companies in optimizing the reliability of their supplies. In doing so, the architecture as well as the most relevant functionalities of the new IT-artefact is discussed in to more detail. The paper concludes with a brief delineation of the future work and research directions in the area.
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PublicationUsing Real Options in ERP-Systems for Improving Delivery Reliability(AIS Electronic Library (AISeL), 2011-08-04)Today's machinery and equipment industry is a highly volatile market, giving rise to frequently instable and inapprehensible buyer-supplier-relationships and to turbulences with respect to reliability of deliveries. With this paper we propose a minimal invasive approach how to overcome existing capability limitations in production planning, scheduling and procurement of ERP-systems by using real options as means for coordinating the divergent interest of buyers and suppliers. Following the design research paradigm, we first describe how real options can be integrated in a contemporary ERP-system. In a supplemental evaluation, the attitude toward using this approach is discussed. This final discussion provides insights whether companies in the machinery and equipment industry are willing to adopt our real options approach, or if they prefer the use of other, not necessarily IT-enabled, means for handling the poor delivery reliability.
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PublicationBusiness Intelligence Operational Structures: Towards the Design of a Reference Process Map( 2010-09-17)Business intelligence (BI) is often seen as a combined business and IT function. As such, the operational structure of BI is not always clearly defined. In this paper, we present an overview of typical BI operational structures and elaborate their characteristics. Based on this analysis, we will (in future work) design a reference process map for BI which can be used as a template to define organization-specific BI operational structures.
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PublicationA Taxonomy of Business Process Management Approaches(Springer Berlin Heidelberg, 2015)
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