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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 20, 1996
Filed:
Apr. 16, 1991
Masato Tamaki, Zushi, JP;
Yasuhiko Mizuno, Sakura, JP;
Hitachi, Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
In a method and apparatus for defining an enterprise information flow, a matrix having crossed axes and comprising three elements, that is line application activities which are a series of application activities for manufacturing products and/or services in an enterprise, staff application activities which are a series of application activities for maintaining and controlling the manufacture of the products and/or services, and external organizations related to the accomplishment of the application activities of the enterprise is generated to permit visual display. A user inputs information to a framework of the displayed matrix so that information flows between the application activities and between the application activities and the external organizations are defined.