The role of BPR in the implementation of ERP systems

Business Process Management Journal

Volumn 15, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 653-668

  Subramoniam, Suresh ^a   Tounsi, Mohamed ^a   Krishnankutty, K V ^b  

^a PRINCE SULTAN UNIVERSITY   (Saudi Arabia)

^b Department of Mechanical Engineering   (India)

Author keywords

Artificial intelligence; Business process re engineering; Databases; Manufacturing resource planning

Indexed keywords

EID: 70349705765     PISSN: 14637154     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/14637150910987892     Document Type: Article

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