{"status":"ok","message-type":"work","message-version":"1.0.0","message":{"indexed":{"date-parts":[[2025,8,2]],"date-time":"2025-08-02T18:08:02Z","timestamp":1754158082452,"version":"3.41.2"},"reference-count":29,"publisher":"Emerald","issue":"1","license":[{"start":{"date-parts":[[2009,2,6]],"date-time":"2009-02-06T00:00:00Z","timestamp":1233878400000},"content-version":"tdm","delay-in-days":0,"URL":"https:\/\/www.emerald.com\/insight\/site-policies"}],"content-domain":{"domain":[],"crossmark-restriction":false},"short-container-title":[],"published-print":{"date-parts":[[2009,2,6]]},"abstract":"<jats:sec><jats:title content-type=\"abstract-heading\">Purpose<\/jats:title><jats:p>The purpose of this paper is to demonstrate object\u2010oriented (OO) features in a language, suitable for artificial intelligence (AI), which will execute in a web environment. Earlier researchers have claimed that such a possibility will pave the way for better enterprise systems of tomorrow.<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec><jats:sec><jats:title content-type=\"abstract-heading\">Design\/methodology\/approach<\/jats:title><jats:p>In this paper, the key OO features, inheritance and polymorphism, are presented using suitable examples. Visual Prolog\u2122 is the language used to demonstrate the examples and the same executes in web environment.<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec><jats:sec><jats:title content-type=\"abstract-heading\">Findings<\/jats:title><jats:p>This premise definitely matches the fundamental rethinking and radical redesign of existing systems which can aptly be called business process reengineering (BPR) in this field of study. A monolithic\/homogeneous expert database design based system supporting AI and OO capabilities which executes in web environment is the result of this study.<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec><jats:sec><jats:title content-type=\"abstract-heading\">Research limitations\/implications<\/jats:title><jats:p>There is no argument about the optimality of the search which is carried out while using this environment, which is purely based on the computer language used.<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec><jats:sec><jats:title content-type=\"abstract-heading\">Practical implications<\/jats:title><jats:p>The power of similar environment has enormous potential in developing better enterprise systems of tomorrow. This declarative environment helps enterprise resource planning (ERP) evolve faster towards strategic decision making rather than remaining as transaction processing systems.<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec><jats:sec><jats:title content-type=\"abstract-heading\">Originality\/value<\/jats:title><jats:p>It is hoped that this paper will inspire other researchers in the field of BPR of existing ERP systems.<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec>","DOI":"10.1108\/14637150910931497","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2009,1,31]],"date-time":"2009-01-31T07:05:53Z","timestamp":1233385553000},"page":"109-118","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":3,"title":["An object oriented intelligent environment for ERP systems"],"prefix":"10.1108","volume":"15","author":[{"given":"Suresh","family":"Subramoniam","sequence":"first","affiliation":[],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Mohamed","family":"Tounsi","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]}],"member":"140","reference":[{"doi-asserted-by":"crossref","unstructured":"Al\u2010Mashari, M. and Zairi, M. (1999), \u201cBPR implementation process: an analysis of key success factors and failure factors\u201d, Business Process Management Journal, Vol. 5 No. 1, pp. 87\u2010112.","key":"key2022030720432552200_b2","DOI":"10.1108\/14637159910249108"},{"doi-asserted-by":"crossref","unstructured":"Al\u2010Mashari, M., Irani, Z. and Zairi, M. (2001), \u201cBusiness process reengineering: a survey of international experience\u201d, Business Process Management Journal, Vol. 7 No. 5, pp. 437\u201055.","key":"key2022030720432552200_b1","DOI":"10.1108\/14637150110406812"},{"doi-asserted-by":"crossref","unstructured":"Al\u2010Mudimighi, A., Zairi, M. and Al\u2010Mashari, M. (2001), \u201cERP software implementation: an integrative framework\u201d, European Journal of Information Systems, No. 10, pp. 216\u201026.","key":"key2022030720432552200_b3","DOI":"10.1057\/palgrave.ejis.3000406"},{"doi-asserted-by":"crossref","unstructured":"Attaran, M. (2003), \u201cInformation technology and business\u2010process redesign\u201d, Business Process Management Journal, Vol. 9 No. 4, pp. 440\u201058.","key":"key2022030720432552200_b20","DOI":"10.1108\/14637150310484508"},{"doi-asserted-by":"crossref","unstructured":"Behling, R., Behling, C. and Sousa, K. (1996), \u201cSoftware re\u2010engineering: concepts and methodology\u201d, Industrial Management & Data Systems, Vol. 96 No. 6, pp. 3\u201010.","key":"key2022030720432552200_b24","DOI":"10.1108\/02635579610126836"},{"unstructured":"Benjamin, C. (1989), \u201cMerging expert systems and databases\u201d, IEEE AI Expert, pp. 22\u201031.","key":"key2022030720432552200_b4"},{"doi-asserted-by":"crossref","unstructured":"Bertino, E. and Lorenzo, M. (1991), \u201cObject\u2010oriented database management systems: concepts and issues\u201d, IEEE Computer, Vol. 24 No. 4, pp. 33\u201047.","key":"key2022030720432552200_b9","DOI":"10.1109\/2.76261"},{"unstructured":"Bindu, R.R. (1995), Object\u2010Oriented Databases: Technology, Applications and Products, McGraw\u2010Hill, Singapore.","key":"key2022030720432552200_b6"},{"doi-asserted-by":"crossref","unstructured":"Bing, Y. and Wright, D.T. (1997), \u201cSoftware tools supporting business process analysis and modeling\u201d, Business Process Management Journal, Vol. 3 No. 2, pp. 133\u201050.","key":"key2022030720432552200_b5","DOI":"10.1108\/14637159710173096"},{"doi-asserted-by":"crossref","unstructured":"Bobrow, D.G. (1985), \u201cIf Prolog is the answer, what is the question? Or what it takes to support AI programming paradigms\u201d, IEEE Transactions on Software Engineering, Vol. SE\u201011 No. 11, pp. 1401\u20108.","key":"key2022030720432552200_b8","DOI":"10.1109\/TSE.1985.231888"},{"unstructured":"Brakto, I. (2001), Prolog: Programming for Artificial Intelligence, 3rd ed., Addison Wesley, Reading, MA.","key":"key2022030720432552200_b12"},{"unstructured":"Brodie, M.L. and Jarke, M. (1986), \u201cOn integrating logic programming and databases\u201d, in Kerschberg, L. (Ed.), Proceedings of the First International Workshop on Expert Database Systems, Benjamin\u2010Cummings, Menlo Park, CA, pp. 191\u2010207.","key":"key2022030720432552200_b19"},{"doi-asserted-by":"crossref","unstructured":"Chan, P.S. and Land, C. (1999), \u201cImplementing reengineering using information technology\u201d, Business Process Management Journal, Vol. 5 No. 4, pp. 311\u201023.","key":"key2022030720432552200_b21","DOI":"10.1108\/14637159910297367"},{"unstructured":"Chopra, S. and Meindl, P. (2001), Supply Chain Management: Strategy, Planning and Operation, Addison Wesley Longman, New Delhi.","key":"key2022030720432552200_b26"},{"unstructured":"Eliot, L.B. (1993), \u201cTuning a database expertly\u201d, IEEE AI Expert, pp. 9\u201011.","key":"key2022030720432552200_b17"},{"unstructured":"Hammer, M. (1990), \u201cReengineering work: don't automate, obliterate\u201d, Harvard Business Review, July\u2010August, pp. 104\u201012.","key":"key2022030720432552200_b11"},{"doi-asserted-by":"crossref","unstructured":"Hammer, M. and Champy, J. (1993), Reengineering the Corporation: A Manifesto for Business Revolution, Nicholas Brearly Publishing, London.","key":"key2022030720432552200_b10","DOI":"10.1016\/S0007-6813(05)80064-3"},{"unstructured":"Kim, W. (1993), \u201cObject\u2010oriented database systems: promises, reality and future\u201d, Proceedings of 19th VLDB Conference, Dublin, Ireland, pp. 676\u201087.","key":"key2022030720432552200_b28"},{"unstructured":"Malpas, J. (1987), A Prolog: Relational Language and its Application, Prentice\u2010Hall, Englewood Cliffs, NJ.","key":"key2022030720432552200_b13"},{"unstructured":"Perlman, W.S. (1999), No Bull Object Technology for Executives, Cambridge University Press, Cambridge.","key":"key2022030720432552200_b27"},{"doi-asserted-by":"crossref","unstructured":"Ramamoorthy, C.V. and Sheu, P.C. (1988), \u201cObject\u2010oriented systems\u201d, IEEE Expert, Fall, pp. 9\u201015.","key":"key2022030720432552200_b23","DOI":"10.1109\/64.21886"},{"unstructured":"Rich, K.M. and Robinson, P.R. (1988), Using Turbo Prolog, 2nd ed., McGraw\u2010Hill, New York, NY.","key":"key2022030720432552200_b16"},{"unstructured":"Sellis, T., Roussopoulos, N., Mark, L. and Faloutsos, C. (1987), \u201cHigh performance expert database systems: efficient support for engineering environment\u201d, Proceedings of the International Conference on Data & Knowledge Systems for Manufacturing and Engineering, October 19\u201020, pp. 134\u201043.","key":"key2022030720432552200_b25"},{"unstructured":"Smith, J.M. (1986), \u201cExpert database systems: a database perspective\u201d, in Kerschberg, L. (Ed.), Proceedings of the First International Workshop on Expert Database Systems, Benjamin\u2010Cummings, Menlo Park, CA, pp. 3\u201015.","key":"key2022030720432552200_b14"},{"unstructured":"Unland, R. and Schlageter, G. (1992), \u201cObject\u2010oriented database systems: state of the art and research problems\u201d, in Jeffery, K. (Ed.), Expert Database Systems, Academic Press, San Diego, CA, pp. 117\u2010222.","key":"key2022030720432552200_b22"},{"unstructured":"Zaniolo, C. (1986), \u201cProlog: a database query language for all seasons\u201d, in Kerschberg, L. (Ed.), Proceedings from the First International Workshop on Expert Database Systems, Benjamin\u2010Cummings, Menlo Park, CA, pp. 219\u201031.","key":"key2022030720432552200_b7"},{"unstructured":"Jeffery, K. (1992), Expert Database Systems, APIC Series No. 39, Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, San Diego, CA.","key":"key2022030720432552200_frd1"},{"unstructured":"Kerschberg, L. (Ed.) (1986), Proceedings of the First International Workshop on Expert Database Systems, Benjamin\u2010Cummings, Menlo Park, CA.","key":"key2022030720432552200_frd2"},{"unstructured":"www.visual\u2010prolog.com (2002), Visual Prolog Handbook, available at: www.visual\u2010prolog.com, Prolog Development Center, USA.","key":"key2022030720432552200_frd3"}],"container-title":["Business Process Management Journal"],"original-title":[],"language":"en","link":[{"URL":"http:\/\/www.emeraldinsight.com\/doi\/full-xml\/10.1108\/14637150910931497","content-type":"unspecified","content-version":"vor","intended-application":"text-mining"},{"URL":"https:\/\/www.emerald.com\/insight\/content\/doi\/10.1108\/14637150910931497\/full\/xml","content-type":"application\/xml","content-version":"vor","intended-application":"text-mining"},{"URL":"https:\/\/www.emerald.com\/insight\/content\/doi\/10.1108\/14637150910931497\/full\/html","content-type":"unspecified","content-version":"vor","intended-application":"similarity-checking"}],"deposited":{"date-parts":[[2025,7,25]],"date-time":"2025-07-25T00:36:11Z","timestamp":1753403771000},"score":1,"resource":{"primary":{"URL":"http:\/\/www.emerald.com\/bpmj\/article\/15\/1\/109-118\/256878"}},"subtitle":[],"short-title":[],"issued":{"date-parts":[[2009,2,6]]},"references-count":29,"journal-issue":{"issue":"1","published-print":{"date-parts":[[2009,2,6]]}},"alternative-id":["10.1108\/14637150910931497"],"URL":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1108\/14637150910931497","relation":{},"ISSN":["1463-7154"],"issn-type":[{"type":"print","value":"1463-7154"}],"subject":[],"published":{"date-parts":[[2009,2,6]]}}}