The emphasis within the development of the field of enterprise architecture has typically focused on the construction and design of the enterprise itself. This has ignored a primary need which is first to understand the purpose for which the enterprise is, or is to be, constructed. Purpose gives meaningful context to all the key features of the enterprise, its structure, behaviour, and measures. It is because of this requirement to understand purpose and therefore to have this context that issues of what an enterprise seeks to accomplish must first be resolved and made clear before being able meaningfully to analyse, design, plan, and determine future functions within the organisation—and thereby to implement a useful ontological view that leaves no room for misunderstanding.

Neil Kemp

International Journal of Enterprise Information Systems

Global markets and competition have forced companies to operate in a physically distributed environment to take the advantage of benefits of strategic alliances between partnering firms. Earlier, information systems such as Material Requirements Planning (MRP), Computer-Aided Design (CAD) and Computer-Aided Manufacturing (CAM) have widely been used for functional integration within an organization. With global operations are in place, there is a need for suitable Enterprise Information Systems (EIS) such as Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) and E-Commerce (EC) for the integration of extended enterprises along the supply chain with the objective of achieving flexibility and responsiveness.

Global markets and competition have compelled companies to operate in a physically distributed environment to leverage the advantages of strategic alliances between partnering firms. Previously, information systems such as Material Requirements Planning (MRP), Computer-Aided Design (CAD), and Computer-Aided Manufacturing (CAM) were widely used for functional integration within organizations. With the establishment of global operations, there is a pressing need for suitable Enterprise Information Systems (EIS) such as Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) and E-Commerce (EC) to integrate extended enterprises along the supply chain, aiming to achieve flexibility and responsiveness.

全球市场和竞争迫使企业在物理分布的环境中运营，以利用合作公司之间战略联盟的优势。早期，物料需求计划（MRP）、计算机辅助设计（CAD）和计算机辅助制造（CAM）等信息系统被广泛用于组织内部的功能整合。随着全球运营的实施，迫切需要适合的企业信息系统（EIS），如企业资源规划（ERP）和电子商务（EC），以实现供应链上扩展企业的整合，目标是实现灵活性和响应能力。

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