ERP implementation: A compilation and analysis of critical success factors

Business Process Management Journal

Volumn 13, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 329-347

  Finney, Sherry ^a   Corbett, Martin ^b  

^a CAPE BRETON UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WARWICK   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Change management; Critical success factors; Manufacturing resource planning

Indexed keywords

EID: 34249803610     PISSN: 14637154     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/14637150710752272     Document Type: Review

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