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Chapter 12: Information Systems for Strategic Advantage



Web Links
web links

Real World Case 1: GATX Capital Corporation: Sharing Information Technology for Competitive Advantage
  1. HTTP://www.gatxcap.com/hi-band/index.htm This page contains information on GATX Capital technical service.

  2. http://www.software.ibm.com/data/partners/ae1partners/sap/wsap.htm This page contains information on SAP ERP provided by IBM.

  3. http://www.ionino.com/amarco-e/sap-position.htm
    This page contains an introduction to SAP ERP provided by Sysoft.
Real World Case 2: Ford Motor Company: Using Intranets and Extranets for Competitive Advantage
  1. http://www.ford.com/us/ This is the home page of Ford Motor Company.

  2. http://www.intranetjournal.com/ This links to an online journal on the Intranet.

  3. http://www.netg.se/~kerfor/extranet.htm
    This site contains information on Extranet.
Real World Case 3: Charles Intuit Corporation: Strategic Transitioning to Web Commerce
  1. http://www.intuit.com/ This is the home page of Intuit Corporation. From this page you can access Quicken.com and IntuitMarket.

  2. http://www.intuit.com/corporate/just_for_editors/quicken/#windows This page contains the new release for Quicken.

  3. http://www.intuit.com/corporate/investor_relations/internet_future.html
    This page contains information on the Internet and the future from Intuit perspective.
Real World Problem 1: The Atlanta Journal-Constitution: Strategic Positioning for Web Competition
  1. http://www.accessatlanta.com/ajc/ This is the home page of Atlanta Journal-Constitution

  2. http://the.atlantaclassifieds.com/javaindex.html
    This page contains AJC's classified advertisements.
Real World Problem 2: Boeing and Deere & Co.: Competitive Advantage with ERP
  1. http://www.boeing.com/ This is the home page of Boeing.

  2. http://www.deere.com/ This is the home page of Deere & Co.

  3. http://www.dqindia.com/apr1596/3hd1141101.html This page contains an article on how ERP provides competitive advantage.

  4. http://www.softwarejobs.com/erp.html
    This page contains various resources on ERP.
Real World Problem 3: First American and Sears Roebuck: The Strategic Effects of Data Warehousing
  1. http://www.firstam.com/ This is the home page of First American a holding company engaged in the business of providing title insurance tax services credit reports and home warranty trust and mortgage services.

  2. http://www.sears.com/ This is the home page of Sears a multi-line retailer providing merchandise and services.

  3. http://www.datawarehousing.org/ This is a comprehensive online sourcebook & information center on Data Warehousing technologies.

  4. http://datawarehouse.dci.com/articles/1998/08/04links.htm
    This page contains many data warehouse online links.
Real World Problem 4: Dana Commercial Credit and MCI: Total Quality Management with IT
  1. http://dcc.com/ This is the home page of Dana Commercial Credit provider of finance and equipment lease services.

  2. http://dcc.com/baldrige/default.htm Learn more about Dana Commercial Credit's Malcolm Baldrige National Quality Award here.

  3. http://www.mci.com/ This is the home page of MCI provider of long distance local wireless and information technology services.

  4. http://www.cio.com/archive/060196_uneasy_4.html
    This page contains an introduction to benchmarking provided by CIO magazine.
Real World Problem 5: Elf Atochem North America: Strategic Outsourcing and Systems Development
  1. http://www.elf-atochem.com/ This is the home page of Elf Atochem North America Inc. a diversified chemical manufacturer headquartered in Philadelphia PA.

  2. http://www.outsourcing.com/OSM1How.htm
    This site contains information on outsourcing.


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