eprintid: 17690 rev_number: 2 eprint_status: archive userid: 1 dir: disk0/00/01/76/90 datestamp: 2023-12-19 03:24:01 lastmod: 2023-12-19 03:24:01 status_changed: 2023-12-19 03:08:30 type: article metadata_visibility: show creators_name: Munodawafa, R.T. creators_name: Johl, S.K. title: Design and Development of an Eco-Innovation Management Information System to Accelerate Firms' Digital Transformation Strategy ispublished: pub keywords: Additives; Big data; Computer architecture; Cost engineering; Data Analytics; Electromagnetic pulse; Environmental impact; Environmental management; Graphical user interfaces; Information management; Information systems; Information use; Life cycle; Metadata, Design and Development; Digital engineering; Digital transformation; Eco-innovation; Environmental management information systems; Innovation management; Innovation performance; Performance data; Stakeholder; Technological innovation, Software design note: cited By 2 abstract: It is vital for firms to measure, and, report on, the impact of eco-innovation towards their environmental performance. Additive Manufacturing is an eco-innovation that contributes towards reducing the environmental impact of manufacturing. However, there is a lack of practical tools for management to monitor and report on firms' eco-innovation implementation and performance. This paper presents a prototype Eco-innovation Management Information System (EiMIS), developed to enable a firm's management to systematically manage and report on eco-innovation performance. Using a top-down approach, the EiMIS is developed through utilizing the C# and SQL programming languages for the Graphical User Interface (GUI), Database Management System (DBMS) and other technologies to collect, store (into a relational database) and manage eco-innovation performance data. A 4-tier architecture enables the EiMIS to: store, view and retrieve or generate eco-innovation performance reports; and generally, manage firms' eco-innovation performance data. This developed prototype could, help introduce information system platforms that: assist firms to collect data that can model their additive manufacturing; ease firms' eco-innovation performance reporting; improve environmental data management capabilities; and complement firms' digital transformation strategy. © 2013 IEEE. date: 2022 publisher: Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc. official_url: https://www.scopus.com/inward/record.uri?eid=2-s2.0-85128339101&doi=10.1109%2fACCESS.2022.3163248&partnerID=40&md5=deff4ea3949dedcb9649a827e79fec11 id_number: 10.1109/ACCESS.2022.3163248 full_text_status: none publication: IEEE Access volume: 10 pagerange: 37796-37810 refereed: TRUE issn: 21693536 citation: Munodawafa, R.T. and Johl, S.K. (2022) Design and Development of an Eco-Innovation Management Information System to Accelerate Firms' Digital Transformation Strategy. IEEE Access, 10. pp. 37796-37810. ISSN 21693536