ERP for SMEs - Is proprietary software an alternative?

Business Process Management Journal

Volumn 13, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 379-389

  Olsen, Kai A ^a   Sætre, Per ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BERGEN   (Norway)

^b MOLDE UNIVERSITY COLLEGE   (Norway)

Author keywords

Communication technologies; Computer software; Manufacturing resource planning; Small to medium sized enterprises

Indexed keywords

EID: 34249812979     PISSN: 14637154     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/14637150710752290     Document Type: Article

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