Planning and control of virtual corporations in the service industry: the prototype VICOPLAN

Hess, Thomas (2002): Planning and control of virtual corporations in the service industry: the prototype VICOPLAN. 35th Annual Hawaii International Conference on System Sciences (HICSS), Big Island, Hawaiii, 7-10 January 2002. Sprague, Ralph H. (ed.) : In: Proceedings of the 35th Annual Hawaii International Conference on System Sciences, Los Alamitos, California, Washington, Brussels, Tokyo: IEEE. pp. 303-311

Abstract

Virtual corporations as well as traditional companies need a planning and control system in order to guarantee the organization's competitiveness in markets. This paper outlines the design of VICOPLAN (VIrtual COrporation PLANning and control system), a prototype of a planning and control system for virtual corporations in the service industry. VICOPLAN consists of three modules to support the management of virtual corporations. These modules allow the offering and allocation of sub-orders within the pool of partner companies of a virtual corporation. Furthermore, with VICOPLAN, orders may be calculated and costs may be controlled during the execution of the orders. VICOPLAN also offers multiple analysis methods, including the analysis of the behaviour of the partner companies, the allocation of sub-orders, as well as the goals of the partner companies. Finally, the implementation and testing of VICOPLAN is described briefly. An outlook on the "next generation" of VICOPLAN is also given.

• Item Type: Conference or Workshop Item (Paper)
• Faculties: Munich School of Management > Institute for Digital Management and New Media
• Subjects: 300 Social sciences > 330 Economics
• Place of Publication: Los Alamitos, California, Washington, Brussels, Tokyo
• Language: English