15. Center for Information Systems Research
DELTA’sDELTA’s Nervous SystemNervous System
Delta Nervous System
Delta Nervous System
Scanners
Desktops
FIDS
Laptops
RIDS
GIDS
Gate
Readers
Voice
Video
Cell
Phones PDA's
Kiosks
Electronic Events
Electronic Ticket
Hand
Helds
Pagers
Location Maint. Equip.Schedule Flight Employee Aircraft Customer Ticket
OAG
CRS
Operational PipelineOperational Pipeline
Crew
Catering
Cargo
Tower Gate TOCOCC
Terminal T A B C D E
Clean/
Service
Aircraft
Unload
Aircraft
Flight
Arrival and
Closeout
Monitor
Flight
Flight
Departure
and Closeout
Load
Aircraft
Prepare
for Flight
Departure
Allocate
Resources
Resources
Customer ExperienceCustomer Experience
BaggageInflightBoarding
Crown
Room
Ticket
Counter
Skycap
Travel
Agent
ReservationsSkymilesSkylinks
Personalization Digital Relationships Loyalty Programs
Core ServicesCore Services
Value AddedValue Added
ServicesServices
Revenue
Management
Architecture
Support pricing
and scheduling
decisions:
Convert
transaction
data (flight,
customer,
fares) using
decision
models
G&A
Architecture
Efficiently
handle
financial,
human
resource, and
administrative
needs:
ERP system
provides
architecture
Core ProductsCore Products
DNS Architecture
For further reading see E-Business at Delta Air Lines: Extracting Value
from a Multi-Faceted Approach, J. Ross, MIT CISR Working Paper # 317,
August 2001
Source Delta Airlines
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