Quantified benefit of implementing enterprise resource planning through process simulation

Canadian Journal of Civil Engineering

Volumn 31, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 263-271

  Lee, Sangyoub ^a   Arif, Ahsan Ullah ^b   Jang, Hyounseung ^c  

^a Konkuk University   (South Korea)

^b Walsh Group   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

Author keywords

Enterprise resource planning; Materials management system; Productivity; Simulation

Indexed keywords

BUILDING MATERIALS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DATABASE SYSTEMS; ENTERPRISE RESOURCE PLANNING; MATHEMATICAL MODELS;

MANPOWER; MATERIAL MANAGEMENT CYCLE;

CIVIL ENGINEERING;

CIVIL ENGINEERING;

EID: 3042834693     PISSN: 03151468     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/l03-100     Document Type: Article

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