Drivers Towards E-Business in the Steel Product Industry

Heli Helaakoski*, P. Iskanius**, Irina Peltomaa***, Tom Page****
*, *** VTT Electronics, Rantakatu 5, Roche, Finland.
** Department of Industrial Engineering and Management, Oulu, Finland.
**** Department of Design and Technology, Loughborough University Loughborough, Leics.
Periodicity:December - February'2009
DOI : https://doi.org/10.26634/jmgt.3.3.241

Abstract

This paper studies the importance of agility in today's business environment. We propose a new business model "a virtual enterprise" (VE) and since the success of VE depends of intensive information sharing we propose a supporting software solution for business network. The research work is conducted via case study in real life business network, which consist of several small and medium-sized enterprises (SME) and one focal company. The case study describes the design and implementation of agent-based inter-organisational system (IOS), which enables maximum effectiveness, efficiency and productivity of supply chain network.

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Heli Helaakoski, P. Iskanius, Irina Peltomaa and Tom Page (2009). Drivers Towards E-business in the Steel Product Industry. i-manager’s Journal on Management, 3(3), 44-52. https://doi.org/10.26634/jmgt.3.3.241

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