Constructing core competencies of virtual enterprise with information technology a case study of Metersbonwe Fashion&Accessories Co., Ltd.

Author

Xu, Shiwei ; Lai, Hengjing

Author_Institution

Adm. Sch., Chongqing Technol. & Bus. Univ., Chongqing, China

Volume

1

fYear

2011

fDate

13-15 May 2011

Firstpage

456

Lastpage

459

Abstract

Metersbonwe is a listed company specialized in casualwear apparel designing, manufacturing and retailing. This paper analyses how this enterprise integrates its external resource to implement virtual management and how it promotes the management efficiency with information system. This paper also highlights that medium-sized and small private enterprises should make good use of external resource to implement virtual management. Informationization is the basis of virtual management. It also stimulates the business process reengineering and the innovation in business model.

Keywords

business process re-engineering; clothing industry; information systems; information technology; innovation management; small-to-medium enterprises; virtual enterprises; Metersbonwe; business model innovation; business process reengineering; casualwear apparel designing; casualwear apparel manufacturing; casualwear apparel retailing; information system; information technology; medium-sized enterprises; small private enterprises; virtual enterprise; virtual management; Companies; Industries; Marketing and sales; Outsourcing; Production; Technological innovation; Metersbonwe Co., Ltd.; informationization; virtual enterprise; virtual management;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Business Management and Electronic Information (BMEI), 2011 International Conference on

Conference_Location

Guangzhou

Print_ISBN

978-1-61284-108-3

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/ICBMEI.2011.5916971

Filename

5916971