A methodology for ERP misfit analysis

Information and Management

Volumn 44, Issue 8, 2007, Pages 666-680

  Wu, Jen Her ^a   Shin, Shin Shing ^b   Heng, Michael S H ^c  

^a NATIONAL SUN YAT SEN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b NATIONAL TAITUNG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^c NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

Author keywords

COTS; Data misfit; ERP; ERP selection; Functional misfit; Goal misfit; Output misfit

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SOFTWARE; INDUSTRIAL MANAGEMENT; PROBLEM SOLVING; RISK ANALYSIS;

DATA MISFIT; ERP SELECTION; MISFIT ANALYSIS; OUTPUT MISFIT;

ENTERPRISE RESOURCE PLANNING;

EID: 36048935653     PISSN: 03787206     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.im.2007.09.001     Document Type: Article

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