Business process flexibility: A driver for outsourcing

Industrial Management and Data Systems

Volumn 103, Issue 3-4, 2003, Pages 177-183

  Sommer, Rainer A ^a  

^a GEORGE MASON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Business process re engineering; Electronic commerce; Internet; Resource management; Supply chain management; Value added networks

Indexed keywords

COMPETITIVE INTELLIGENCE; COMPUTER PROGRAMMING; CUSTOMER SATISFACTION; ELECTRONIC COMMERCE; ELECTRONIC DATA INTERCHANGE; ENTERPRISE RESOURCE PLANNING; INDUSTRIAL MANAGEMENT; INTERNET; OUTSOURCING;

BACK-OFFICE SYSTEMS;

FLEXIBLE MANUFACTURING SYSTEMS;

EID: 0041862578     PISSN: 02635577     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/02635570310465652     Document Type: Review

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