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                                            Business process        Business process       Business process
                                              architecture            architecture           architecture
                                                               barrier                barrier

                                            Application/data        Application /data      Application /data
                                                               Functional             Functional
                                              architecture            architecture           architecture

                                              Technology              Technology             Technology
                                              architecture            architecture           architecture


                                         Procurement and logistics     Finance                Marketing
                                      (a)
                                                                  Functional integration


                                                                    Business process
                                                                      architecture


                                                                    Application /data
                                                                      architecture



                                                                      Technology
                                                                      architecture


                                         Procurement and logistics     Finance                Marketing
                                      (b)

                                                   (a) Fragmented applications infrastructure, (b) integrated applications
                                      Figure 3.17  infrastructure
                                                     Source: Adapted from Hasselbring (2000)



                                                                                   Key

                                                                                        Enterprise resource
                                                          Strategic                     planning applications
                                                        management
                                                                                        Knowledge management
                                                                                        software
                                                          Tactical                      Data warehousing
                                                        management                      Data mining



                                                         Operational
                                                        management

                                      Figure 3.18  Differing use of applications at levels of management within companies
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