A Study on Business-to-Business Application Integration:IT Industry and Chemical Industry

• Main Authors: Pi-Shih Chen, 陳璧詩
• Other Authors: Shih-Ming, Pi
• Format: Others
• Language: zh-TW
• Published: 2002
• Online Access: http://ndltd.ncl.edu.tw/handle/91035514730411282945

碩士 === 中原大學 === 資訊管理研究所 === 90 === A digital network economy is emerging where enterprise integrate virtual and physical operation model. In order to promote company performance, enterprises and with their trading partner effective electric and integration operate process is the key of success. However, at the same time, enterprises adopt electronic company and electronic commerce software and service, they find that new and legacy system have such problem: data heterogeneity、system heterogeneity. The problems cause higher the cost of integration and lower percent of success. Therefore, how to up application system and process integration success percentage is the key point of traditional enterprise to transform into electronic enterprise. The purpose of the research focus on the impact of Business-to-business application integration and bring up total model. At the same time, we focus on IT industry and Chemical Industry empirical case study. To construct the model, we identified and organized the factors that we found to be influential in the factor of open system environment B2B application integration research. All these factors together in technical organization environment B2Bi total model, we are able to investigate their relative contributions to B2B integration level. In technical construct, confer to B2Bi perceived benefit. In organization construct, confer to IT Infrastructure flexibility. In environment construct, confer to initiators exercise power and promote EC Standards in the process of B2B integration. The research conclusion as follow: (1) Technical aspect-perceived benefit: The study found that the enterprise in IT Industry adopted B2Bi focus on indirect benefit. Enterprise in Chemical industry focused on B2Bi direct benefit. Therefore, enterprise have different perceived benefit will lead to different level of B2B application integration. (2) Organization aspect-IT infrastructure flexibility: enterprise should readiness in IT infrastructure, then they have ability to initiate EC Standards. Enterprise will transform their ERP to ERPII with time. (3)Environment aspect- initiator’s power and promote EC Standards. Besides initiator exercise power to trading partner, they should use Supply Chain Management profession and resource to help their trading partner.