Process-oriented perspective in structure dynamics: A novel way to enhance ERP systems

Abstract

Fulfilment of the underlying structure within an indivisible system which leads to a specific pattern of behaviour was previously addressed by prominent approaches. However, there was a considerable lack for proposal of a proper idea that considers the susceptibility of structures to change with time through other adjacent structures. Considering such a point of view necessitates an alternative approach to functional perspective. Thus, a process-oriented architectural decomposition of a simplified organization structure embedded in a supply chain is applied to analyse the structure dynamics. This novel perspective to dynamic multi-structure systems is introduced in this research and the comparison with its function-oriented perspective is studied. Furthermore, the critical role of enterprise resource planning systems for data acquisition, analysis and retrieval in such a complicated worldview into organizations is discussed. Moreover, the value added to enhance these planning systems by this perspective is specified.