Benefits of an item-centric enterprise-data model in logistics services: A case study

Computers in Industry

Volumn 58, Issue 8-9, 2007, Pages 814-822

  Rönkkö, Mikko ^a   Kärkkäinen, Mikko ^a   Holmström, Jan ^a  

^a AALTO UNIVERSITY   (Finland)

Author keywords

Data model; Logistics services; Materials management; Tracking

Indexed keywords

DATA STRUCTURES; ENTERPRISE RESOURCE MANAGEMENT; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; METADATA;

ENTERPRISE INFORMATION SYSTEMS; ITEM-CENTRIC ENTERPRISE-DATA MODEL; MATERIALS MANAGEMENT; REAL-TIME MATERIAL VISIBILITY;

INFORMATION SYSTEMS;

EID: 34648817240     PISSN: 01663615     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.compind.2007.02.003     Document Type: Article

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