信息化对企业空间组织的影响是经济地理和信息地理重点关注的内容之一。以跨国企业海尔集团为例,探讨信息化对海尔企业内部和外部空间组织的驱动作用。研究表明:在海尔内部,信息化与流程再造一起形成了以“订单信息流为中心的市场链业务流程”管理模式,并具有对物流组织、人流导引和资金流替代的作用;信息化不是导致海尔空间分散布局的主要因素,但它使远距离的管理和监督成为可能。在海尔外部,信息化直接导致了海尔与供应商间的网络虚拟集聚,但在实体地理集聚中的作用尚待考查;海尔通过网络空间实现了与客户的零距离接触。
Informatization and the transformation of old industrial bases is an important proposition of information geography. Take Haire as an example, this paper explored the impacts of informatization on the internal and external space organizations of firms.The research indicated that informatization and business process reengineering have formed together "information flow of orders as the center of the market chain business processes" management model, and has organization function to material flow, human flow, capital flow inside Haire. The informatization is not the main thing in Haier' s scattered location, but it has made remote management and supervises into possible. The informatization has lead to "virtual clustering on the internet" directly between Haire and suppliers, but the role in the enterprises clusters round some geographical region has yet to be test. Haier keeps close contacts with clients through cyberspace.