FREE online courses on Information Technology - Chapter 2 FRAMEWORKS FOR IT
- Inter-organizational Systems
Applications that tie two organizations together are known as
inter-organizational systems. Partnerships and strategic alliances are created
and enhanced with inter-organizational systems. Such systems may be nothing more
than e-mail connection, or they can represent full computer-to-computer
connections between customers and suppliers as one example. Inter-organizational
systems make possible Virtual components, in which a partner substitutes for
some component of your company, such as using Federal Express to deliver your
products instead of your own fleet of trucks.