Information systems implementation in production environments

• Autorzy: Haider A.
• Języki publikacji: EN

Abstrakty

EN

Purpose: This paper discusses the issue of information systems for managing plant and equipment assets utilised in production and service provision environments. It takes a holistic systems view of the business environment and proposes a generative learning centric framework that provides valuable learnings on the value that information systems provide and the maturity of the processes that they enable. Design/methodology/approach: It starts with establishing the definitions and descriptions of asset and its management and the role of information systems in production and manufacturing environments as well as in asset lifecycle management. This is followed by a detailed discussion of information system implementation for asset lifecycle management, by accounting for their alignment with the business objectives and their fit with the organization's cultural, social, and technical settings. The paper then presents a generative learning centric framework that provides valuable learnings on the value that information systems provide and the maturity of the processes that they enable. Findings: Theoretically, information collected throughout the asset lifecycle provides the basis for analysis aimed at generating valuable learnings that could be used to enable generative learning. Practical implications: Generative learning not only serves as the basis for evaluation of asset lifecycle management processes performance, but in so doing also highlights the gaps between the existing and desired levels of performance; thereby informing the asset management strategy and plan. Originality/value: The information systems frameworks provide for a continually improving asset management regime and its enabling infrastructure by extending the resource based view of asset management to a knowledge based view, thereby building competencies that contribute to competitiveness and responsiveness of the organisation.

Słowa kluczowe

EN

learning; asset management; information systems; organisational culture; information systems implementation; organisational alignment; functional integration

PL

nauczanie; zarządzanie zasobami; systemy informacyjne; kultura organizacyjna; dostosowanie organizacyjne; integracja czynnościowa

• Wydawca: International OCSCO World Press
• Czasopismo: Journal of Achievements in Materials and Manufacturing Engineering
• Rocznik: 2008
• Tom: Vol. 31, nr 2
• Strony: 853--861
• Opis fizyczny: Bibliogr. 20 poz., rys.

Twórcy

autor

Haider A.

• CRC for Integrated Engineering Asset Management, School of Computer and Informatin Science, University of South Australia, Adelaide, South Australia, Australia,

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