Title
Modeling the planning process in advanced planning systems
Abstract
Whereas much of the modeling literature in supply chain planning addresses the analysis of decision models and presents solution techniques and much of the empirical literature on planning systems such as ERP and APS software addresses implementation challenges from an organizational perspective, research on the modeling process of capturing the planning process in planning software is very scarce. In this paper, we examine this modeling process. Our approach is based on a normative method for hierarchical planning and presents a case study where this modeling process was used. We analyze the process, relate it to the literature on modeling, and demonstrate the value of the theory in explaining major observations. We conclude that the hierarchical premise on which most planning processes are based is very difficult to capture in an advanced planning system, and find that users and organizations essentially circumvent this problem by creating their own workflows, independent of the system's prescribed one.
Year
DOI
Venue
2004
10.1016/j.im.2003.06.005
Information & Management
Keywords
Field
DocType
requirements determination,modeling process,aps software addresses implementation,hierarchical planning,supply chain planning,implementation,case study,planning process,hierarchical premise,advanced planning systems,empirical literature,modeling,advanced planning system,modeling literature
Production manager,Business system planning,Decision support system,Operations research,Knowledge management,Premise,Software,Integrated management,Decision model,Engineering,Workflow,Process management
Journal
Volume
Issue
ISSN
42
1
Information & Management
Citations 
PageRank 
References 
12
0.68
4
Authors
3
Name
Order
Citations
PageRank
Anastasia J. Zoryk-Schalla1120.68
Jan C. Fransoo214015.31
Ton G. De Kok3617.57