Reengineering an information system: A case study in risk reduction

International Journal of Flexible Manufacturing Systems

Volumn 12, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 305-320

  Clarke, Steve ^a   Elliman, Tony ^b   Lehaney, Brian ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BEDFORDSHIRE   (United Kingdom)

^b BRUNEL UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HUMAN ENGINEERING; MANAGEMENT INFORMATION SYSTEMS; PROCESS ENGINEERING; PRODUCTION ENGINEERING; REENGINEERING; RESOURCE ALLOCATION; RISK MANAGEMENT; STRATEGIC PLANNING;

BUSINESS-PROCESS REENGINEERING (BPR); INTERACTIVE PLANNING (IP);

FLEXIBLE MANUFACTURING SYSTEMS;

EID: 0034292738     PISSN: 09206299     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1008126200531     Document Type: Article

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