a comprehensive and integrated study of any supply chain (sc) environment is a vital requirement that can create various advantages for the sc owners. this consideration causes productive managing of the sc through its whole wide components from upstream suppliers to downstream retailers and customers.  on this issue, despite many valuable studies reported in the current literature, considerabl...

In this paper a framework for the entire process of organisation and information system development is discussed, focusing especially on design issues. Our definition of the process of design in human-computer interaction is the process of creating a formal description by appearance and functionality of an information system. This design i s based on both formal and informal descriptions of int...

Information systems auditing is a growing profession. In order for information technology educators to help keep up with the demand for information systems audit professionals, more understanding is needed about the knowledge, skills and abilities required for entry-level IT auditors. In our ongoing research, we have analyzed several sources to identify such skills. In the process we noted that...

Existing software infrastructures and middleware provide uniform security services across heterogeneous information networks. However, few, if any, tools exist that support access control policy management for and between large enterprise information networks. Insiders often exploit gaps in policies to mount devastating attacks. This paper presents a Policy Machine and Policy Mediation Architec...

The internet of things has enabled integration of processes, people and technology which govern information and data flows between organisations, assets and consumers, creating expectations that in a digital world real time data and information is available for simultaneous timely decision making between such stakeholders. This paper explores the gaps when integration theory is applied to such ...

Advances in information technology, particularly in the e-business arena, are enabling firms to rethink their supply chain strategies and explore new avenues for inter-organizational cooperation. However, an incomplete understanding of the value of information sharing and physical flow coordination hinder these efforts. This research attempts to help fill these gaps by surveying prior research ...

GAPS ++ is an open, Internet-based software architecture for modeling and simulating dynamic system behavior using high-level Petri nets. It is designed as a collection of collaborating software components and is based on distributed object technology. GAPS ++ facilitates a exible combination of independent modeling, analysis and simulation tools located on diierent computers on the Internet. E...