Abstract
To envisage possible future enterprise systems, we describe four scenarios that all respond to the increasing need for better supply chain-wide coordination of resource allocation decisions. We use two drivers to derive these scenarios; namely “normal form of providing corporate computing resources” and “stance of regulators towards explicit forms of industry-wide coordination”, the latter of which includes cooperation among competitors. While three of our scenarios are familiar to contemporary readers, the fourth, supply chain resource planning (SCRP) systems, marks a radical break with current practice. We describe the operating principle of SCRP systems and discuss possible governance structures for organizations supporting SCRP systems. We hope to encourage discussion about the future of enterprise systems that moves beyond extrapolating past and current trends. The paper concludes by outlining four areas for promising future research.
DOI
10.17705/1CAIS.03509
Recommended Citation
Reimers, K., & Guo, X. (2014). Supply Chain Resource Planning Systems: A Scenario of Future Enterprise Systems. Communications of the Association for Information Systems, 35, pp-pp. https://doi.org/10.17705/1CAIS.03509
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