Modern enterprises face a highly dynamic environment that requires management to integrate distributed and disparate knowledge for effective decision-making. The advent of the Internet has resulted in a trend toward network centric computing. As a result, more of the computing work is delegated...

The problem of modern organization is not only information gathering but also its appropriate distribution within an organization. It is difficult to meet without appropriate computer based information system. The paper deals with making data available in computer based system for management...

Payment systems are undergoing rapid changes stimulated largely by technological progress.Distributed network technology, real-time processing and customers' willingness to use electronic banking interfaces will further reshape payment systems during the coming years.Internet and e-commerce will...

Payment systems are undergoing rapid changes stimulated largely by technological progress. Distributed network technology, real-time processing and customers’ willingness to use electronic banking interfaces will further reshape payment systems during the coming years. Internet and e-commerce...

Information sharing and the conformity of information systems in China's hospitals have drawn attention due to the rapid development of the medicine industry and medical information systems. The paper proposes a game theory-based model for information sharing in hospitals by analyzing the...

Welding has been one of the leading applications for industrial robots since they were first introduced in the late 1970s. The majority of the early installations were spot welding applications in the automotive industry and by the mid “80 s it was unusual to see a car plant without a couple...

There are two types of interrelated downsizing; human resource downsizing, which refers to reduction in personnel, and computer downsizing, or the migration from a mainframe to distributive processing platforms. The corporate strategies underlying each vary, but technology is generally involved...

Current practice when specifying and developing manufacturing software leads to enterprise systems that are difficult to change. With the purpose of improving current practice a model‐driven, component‐based approach to engineering change capable manufacturing systems is described....