Benchmarking the use of IT to support supplier management in construction

Electronic Journal of Information Technology in Construction

Volumn 4, Issue , 1999, Pages 1-16

  Clark, Andrew M ^a   Atkin, Brian L ^b,c   Betts, Martin P ^d   Smith, David A ^a  

^a Unisys Limited   (United Kingdom)

^b ROYAL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Sweden)

^c ATKINS   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF SALFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Benchmark; IT; Management; Relationship; Strategy; Supplier

Indexed keywords

ADMINISTRATIVE DATA PROCESSING; BENCHMARKING; CONSTRUCTION INDUSTRY; DATA TRANSFER; INDUSTRIAL MANAGEMENT; INDUSTRIAL RELATIONS; INFORMATION ANALYSIS; RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT MANAGEMENT;

ELECTRONIC DATA INTERCHANGE (EDI); RELATIONSHIP; STRATEGY; SUPPLIER MANAGEMENT;

INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY;

EID: 3442900048     PISSN: 14006529     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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