Enterprises of even modest size use systematic methods for conducting their activities. They have systems for paying bills, accepting and fulfilling orders, handling customer problems, designing new products, etc. These are called enterprise systems. The design of an enterprise system can make the deference between fantastic success and dismal failure. Wal-Mart redefined discount retailing by using a new enterprise system to control its major suppliers.
All enterprise systems use technology to some degree.
Indeed, improper application of technology can reduce an enterprise's ability to compete. Creating and managing successful enterprise systems is a highly complex science. And it is getting harder to do because markets and technology are changing ever more .rapidly. We call it Enterprise Systems Engineering. The Center Focuses Technology On Strategy As a major technology research university, Georgia Tech contains a wealth of expertise in all aspects of advanced information technology.