Strategic Information Systems Planning: Deriving Comparative Advantage from EDI

Authors

R.D. Galliers, Information Systems Research Unit, Warwick Business School, University of Warwick, Coventry CV4 7AL, UKFollow
P.M.C. Swatman, Department of Information Systems, Monash University, PO Box 197, Caulfield East, Victoria, 3145, Australia
P.A. Swatman, Centre for Information Systems Research, Swinburne University of Technology, PO Box 218, Hawthorn, Victoria, 3122, Australia

Document Type

Research Article

Abstract

In this paper we argue that electronic data interchange (EDI) should not be viewed simply as a technological infrastructure, but as a technology which may enable an organization taking a strategic view to derive comparative advantage from utilizing it as part of a process of business re-engineering – in other words, as a sociotechnical entity. We suggest that strategic information systems planning (SISP) is a suitable superstructure within which EDI implementation may be considered from an appropriate strategic, as opposed to tactical, perspective. Finally we describe the theory and current practice of SISP and present guidelines for its application in relation to EDI.

DOI

10.1177/026839629501000303

Recommended Citation

Galliers, R.D.; Swatman, P.M.C.; and Swatman, P.A. (1995) "Strategic Information Systems Planning: Deriving Comparative Advantage from EDI," Journal of Information Technology: Vol. 10: Iss. 3, Article 3.
DOI: 10.1177/026839629501000303
Available at: https://aisel.aisnet.org/jit/vol10/iss3/3