Smart factory: E-business perspective of enhanced ERP in aircraft manufacturing industry

Abstract

Paper purposes and applies scenario planning methods to identify strategic planning issues and aspects of ERP technology for competitive advantage thereby giving researchers new future research agenda for smart-factory in vague of European vision of manufacturing excellence; in view of global economic recession. Scenario planning techniques coupled with ERP road-mapping is integrated for grand strategic planning of future ERP framework. Scenario techniques were applied for holistic analysis of aircraft industry enhanced ERP road mapping. A novel approach was inscribed for scenario planning. Literature and research methods were integrated for strategic continuous & discontinuous perspectives of scenario planning for disruptive innovation in future factories of aircraft industry.