Enterprise-wide information system for construction: A document based approach

KSCE Journal of Civil Engineering

Volumn 15, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 271-280

  Arif, Mohammed ^a   Kulonda, Dennis ^b   Egbu, Charles ^a   Goulding, Jack S ^c   Toma, Tahsin ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SALFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b FLORIDA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CENTRAL LANCASHIRE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Construction; Document methodology; Enterprise resource planning; Information systems; Small and medium sized enterprise

Indexed keywords

BUDGET CONTROL; COMMERCIAL OFF-THE-SHELF; CONSTRUCTION; CONSTRUCTION INDUSTRY; INFORMATION SYSTEMS; INFORMATION USE; RESOURCE ALLOCATION;

COMMERCIAL OFF-THE-SHELF SOFTWARES; CONSTRUCTION COMPANIES; CONSTRUCTION SECTORS; DOCUMENT METHODOLOGY; ENTERPRISE INFORMATION SYSTEM; ENTERPRISE RESOURCE PLANNING SYSTEMS; ENTERPRISE-WIDE INFORMATION SYSTEMS; SMALL AND MEDIUM SIZED ENTERPRISE;

ENTERPRISE RESOURCE PLANNING;

EID: 79251645014     PISSN: 12267988     EISSN: 19763808     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12205-011-0818-4     Document Type: Article

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