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Research Collection School Of Computing and Information Systems

2009

Information sharing

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Information Sharing And Strategic Signaling In Supply Chains, Robert J. Kauffman, Hamid Mohtadi Jun 2009

Information Sharing And Strategic Signaling In Supply Chains, Robert J. Kauffman, Hamid Mohtadi

Research Collection School Of Computing and Information Systems

Information sharing in procurement occurs in rich and varied industry contexts in which managerial decisions are made and organizational strategy is formulated. We explore how information sharing ought to work in procurement contexts that involve investments in inter-organizational information systems (IOS) and collaborative planning, forecasting and replenishment (CPFR) practices. How and under what circumstances does a firm that plays the role of a supply chain buyer decide to share information on key variables, such as point-of-sale consumer demand data with its supplier, up the supply chain? This is a key issue that crosses the boundary between supply chain management and …


Sharing Hierarchical Mobile Multimedia Content Using The Mobitop System, Quang Minh Nguyen, Thi Nhu Quynh Kim, Dion Hoe-Lian Goh, Ee-Peng Lim, Yin-Leng Theng, Kalyani Chatterjea, Chew-Hung Chang, Aixin Sun, Khasfariyati Razikin May 2009

Sharing Hierarchical Mobile Multimedia Content Using The Mobitop System, Quang Minh Nguyen, Thi Nhu Quynh Kim, Dion Hoe-Lian Goh, Ee-Peng Lim, Yin-Leng Theng, Kalyani Chatterjea, Chew-Hung Chang, Aixin Sun, Khasfariyati Razikin

Research Collection School Of Computing and Information Systems

We introduce MobiTOP (Mobile Tagging of Objects and People), a map-based application which allows users to contribute and share geo-referenced multimedia annotations via mobile devices. An important feature of MobiTOP is that annotations are hierarchical, allowing annotations to be annotated to an arbitrary depth. MobiTOP's interface was designed using a participatory design methodology to ensure that the user interface meets the needs of potential users. In an evaluation, a group of student-teachers involved in a geographical field study were tasked to collaboratively identify rock formations using the MobiTOP system. The students who were in the field were guided by their …