2008 | OriginalPaper | Chapter
Approaches to Enterprise Solutions
Published in: Active Knowledge Modeling of Enterprises
Publisher: Springer Berlin Heidelberg
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Business analysts recognize that innovative design is the most important competitive factor for western manufacturing industries. In more and more industries, product platforms with dynamic modularization and configurable components are introduced to meet evolving diverse and contradicting customer, technology, and business requirements. Conventional IT applications are built to support routine information processing, rather than creative design work. Analysts claim that “IT doesn’t matter,” because IT does not extend the capabilities of the core of the business.