TY - JOUR A1 - Bender, Benedict A1 - Bertheau, Clementine A1 - Körppen, Tim A1 - Lauppe, Hannah A1 - Gronau, Norbert T1 - A proposal for future data organization in enterprise systems BT - an analysis of established database approaches JF - Information systems and e-business management N2 - The digital transformation sets new requirements to all classes of enterprise systems in companies. ERP systems in particular, which represent the dominant class of enterprise systems, are struggling to meet the new requirements at all levels of the architecture. Therefore, there is an urgent need to reconsider the overall architecture of the systems and address the root of the related issues. Given that many restrictions ERP pose on their adaptability are related to the standardization of data, the database layer of ERP systems is addressed. Since database serve as the foundation for data storage and retrieval, they limit the flexibility of enterprise systems and the chance to adapt to new requirements accordingly. So far, relational databases are widely used. Using a systematic literature approach, recent requirements for ERP systems were identified. Prominent database approaches were assessed against the 23 requirements identified. The results reveal the strengths and weaknesses of recent database approaches. To this end, the results highlight the demand to combine multiple database approaches to fulfill recent business requirements. From a conceptual point of view, this paper supports the idea of federated databases which are interoperable to fulfill future requirements and support business operation. This research forms the basis for renewal of the current generation of ERP systems and proposes to ERP vendors to use different database concepts in the future. KW - database KW - enterprise system KW - ERP system KW - requirements KW - problems KW - future Y1 - 2022 U6 - https://doi.org/10.1007/s10257-022-00555-6 SN - 1617-9846 SN - 1617-9854 VL - 20 SP - 441 EP - 494 PB - Springer CY - Heidelberg ER - TY - GEN A1 - Gronau, Norbert T1 - Ermittlung der Zukunftsfähigkeit unternehmensweiter Anwendungssysteme T1 - A process model for determination of future suitability of business application systems N2 - Bei Entscheidungen über abzulösende oder neue Anwendungssysteme kann mit Hilfe funktionaler Anforderungen immer nur der gegenwärtige oder vorhersehbare Bedarf ermittelt werden. In einem turbulenten Umfeld sind die Anwendungssysteme jedoch häufig langere Zeit im Einsatz als die Anforderungen gültig sind, mit Hilfe derer sie ausgewählt wurden. An der Universität Potsdam wird im Rahmen des BMBF-Projektes CHANGE eine Vorgehensweise zur Ermittlung der Zukunftsfähigkeit unternehmensweiter Anwendungssysteme entwickelt, deren wesentliche Merkmale in diesem Beitrag beschrieben werden. N2 - A process model for determination of future suitability of business application systems: Before decisions concerning reinvestments or additional usage of business application systems can be made, functional requirements depending on the actual or foreseeable demand are collected. In turbulent circumstances business application systems like ERP systems are longer used than the requirements for their choice are valid. At the university of Potsdam within the german research project CHANGE a process model was developed which is able to determine the future suitability of business application systems investigating possible turbulences on the market and around the company. --------- © GITO mbH Berlin KW - Enterprise-Resource-Planning KW - Anwendungssystem KW - Turbulenz KW - Wandlungsfähigkeit KW - IT-Assessment KW - Informationssystemarchitektur KW - ERP-System KW - adaptability KW - IT assessment KW - information system architecture KW - business application KW - ERP system KW - turbulence Y1 - 2005 U6 - http://nbn-resolving.de/urn/resolver.pl?urn:nbn:de:kobv:517-opus-6843 ER -