ICT technologies for enabling software focused supply chains

Author

Tan, Puay Siew ; Yuan, Xue-Ming

Author_Institution

Singapore Inst. of Manuf. Technol., Nanyang, Singapore

fYear

2005

fDate

10-12 Aug. 2005

Firstpage

187

Lastpage

191

Abstract

A software focused product is a product where the hardware component is the commodity element, whereas the software component is the key value-add cum differentiator element of the product. Software focused products have a set of unique characteristics that will in turn, impact its supply chain management. Such supply chains are referred to as software focused supply chains (SFSCs), where software constitutes a significant part of the total value of the product. This paper outlines the characteristics that are unique to software focused products and the impacts they have on the demands of SFSCs. Next, this paper discusses the applicability of relevant ICT technologies, in particular new developments that can enable and meet the demands of SFSCs.

Keywords

software engineering; supply chain management; ICT technology; software focused supply chain; supply chain management; Computer industry; Hardware; Manufacturing industries; Security; Service oriented architecture; Software maintenance; Supply chain management; Supply chains; Systems engineering and theory; Web services;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Industrial Informatics, 2005. INDIN '05. 2005 3rd IEEE International Conference on

Print_ISBN

0-7803-9094-6

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/INDIN.2005.1560374

Filename

1560374