A survey of the potential for enterprise resource planning (ERP) in improving the effectiveness of construction management in the UK construction industry

International Journal of Computer Applications in Technology

Volumn 20, Issue 1-3, 2004, Pages 120-128

  Barthorpe, Stephen ^a   Chien, Hung Ju ^a   Jack, K C Shih ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GLAMORGAN   (United Kingdom)

^b MINGHSIN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

E procurement; Enterprise resource planning (ERP); Financial management (FM); Product lifecycle management (PLM); Supply chain management (SCM)

Indexed keywords

COMPETITIVE INTELLIGENCE; CUSTOMER SATISFACTION; ELECTRONIC COMMERCE; FINANCE; MANAGEMENT; PRODUCT DEVELOPMENT; RESOURCE ALLOCATION;

E-PROCUREMENT; FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT (FM); PRODUCT LIFECYCLE MANAGEMENT (PLM); RESOURCE PLANNING; SUPPLY CHAIN MANAGEMENT (SCM);

ENTERPRISE RESOURCE PLANNING;

EID: 2142715614     PISSN: 09528091     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1504/ijcat.2004.003840     Document Type: Review

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