The Research Of Information System Integration Of D Corporation

With the development of enterprises informationization, more enterprise applications are implemented such as ERP, CRM, SCM and so on. As a company may have dozens of applications, how to share data and communicate among these application systems become a big challenge the company has to face. In most cases, information islands come out inevitably in the course of the development and implementation of information system. Information System (IS) Integration is a good solution for information islands and helps make the best of information system.This article introduces some typical methods of IS integration. As a multi-national corporation, D has complicated information system which help build up its mass customization (MC) model. After discussing its IS integration solution, it focuses on the analysis about D's corporation operations from different points of view due to IS integration. Firstly, it analyzes how IS integration contribute to D's corporation strategy, MC manufacture model and low cost leader. Secondly, the impact about D's core competencies and operation efficiency are discussed. Finally, the interactions between IS integration and company organization are be analyzed.Some suggestions that are valuable to IS integration efforts for some companies are summarized as follows:The suitable solution is the best.IS solution should align with the strategies and business model of the company.IS solution and IT strategy should be supported by the Management team.Any IS integration should base on business flow and be fully understood by business department.