Improving the usability of ERP systems through the application of adaptive user interfaces

ICEIS 2009 - 11th International Conference on Enterprise Information Systems, Proceedings

Volumn SAIC, Issue , 2009, Pages 208-214

  Singh, Akash ^a   Wesson, Janet ^b  

^a SAP Research CEC Pretoria   (South Africa)

^b NELSON MANDELA METROPOLITAN UNIVERSITY   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Adaptive user interfaces; Enterprise resource planning systems; Small and medium enterprises; Usability; User interfaces

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE USER INTERFACE; ENTERPRISE RESOURCE PLANNING SYSTEMS; ENTERPRISE RESOURCES PLANNING; ERP SYSTEM; IMPROVING SYSTEMS; SMALL AND MEDIUM ENTERPRISE; SMALL AND MEDIUM ENTERPRISES; SMALL ENTERPRISE; USER EXPERIENCE;

ENTERPRISE RESOURCE PLANNING; INFORMATION SYSTEMS; ONLINE SEARCHING; RESOURCE ALLOCATION; USABILITY ENGINEERING;

USER INTERFACES;

EID: 74549217302     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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