Total Office Automation Systems in Railway Technical Research Institute
Tokuya NIKAIDO
Amid the latest developments of WINDOWS in personal computer
technologies for the information processing, we November 1995
started to apply the Total Office Automation systems at Railway
Technical Research Institute (RTRI) as a "THEOA Systems" converted
from the DOS systems and adapted to WINDOWS application. The Total
OA systems in RTRI has been supported the productivity improvement
of the business processing in research development through the
electronic slip and the common information managenent. First, we
trace the course of an OA systems in RTRI being evolved into the
"THEOA Systems" and define the basic development notions underlying
a "THEOA Systems". Second, we give a summary of representative
functions and the features of technical characteristics of the
"THEOA Systems". Lastly, from a standpoint of an ideal future
enterprise information systems, we discuss on the subject of
right-sizing information systems for the next OA systems development.