ISDN as an enabler for enterprise integration

Integrating an enterprise is defined as making the various parts of the business work closely together in harmonious and timely support of its goals. Four aspects of enterprise integration are described and discussed: an executive cockpit through which top executives can obtain timely, vital information about their business, wherever they are; concurrent engineering, with customer and supplier participation; interoffice interaction; and computer-integrated manufacturing, both intersite and intercompany. User requirements and the integrated services digital network (ISDN) technical solution(s) being developed in order to achieve these aspects of enterprise integration are examined.<>