Strategic Information Systems Planning: Deriving Comparative Advantage from EDI
本文主张电子数据交换不应仅被视为技术基础设施，而应作为社会技术实体，通过战略信息系统规划融入业务流程再造，从而为企业获取比较优势。
In this paper we argue that electronic data interchange (EDI) should not be viewed simply as a technological infrastructure, but as a technology which may enable an organization taking a strategic view to derive comparative advantage from utilizing it as part of a process of business re-engineering – in other words, as a sociotechnical entity. We suggest that strategic information systems planning (SISP) is a suitable superstructure within which EDI implementation may be considered from an appropriate strategic, as opposed to tactical, perspective. Finally we describe the theory and current practice of SISP and present guidelines for its application in relation to EDI.