Effect of IT and quality management on performance

Industrial Management and Data Systems

Volumn 111, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 830-848

  Sánchez Rodríguez, Cristóbal ^a   Martínez Lorente, Angel Rafael ^b  

^a YORK UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF CARTAGENA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Company performance; Information technology; Quality management; Spain; Structural equations; Survey research

Indexed keywords

CAD/CAM SYSTEM; CAD/CAMS; COMPANY PERFORMANCE; DESIGN/METHODOLOGY/APPROACH; DIRECT IMPACT; ENTERPRISE RESOURCE PLANNING SYSTEMS; ERP SYSTEM; FIELD RESEARCH; KEY FEATURE; MANUFACTURING COMPANIES; OPERATIONS MANAGEMENT; PRODUCT AND PROCESS MANAGEMENT; QUALITY DATA; QUALITY PERFORMANCE; SPAIN; STRUCTURAL EQUATION MODELING; STRUCTURAL EQUATIONS; SUPPLIER RELATIONS; SURVEY RESEARCH; WORKFORCE MANAGEMENT;

COMPUTER AIDED DESIGN; COMPUTER AIDED PROCESS PLANNING; COMPUTER RESOURCE MANAGEMENT; ELECTRONIC DATA INTERCHANGE; ENTERPRISE RESOURCE MANAGEMENT; ENTERPRISE RESOURCE PLANNING; INDUSTRIAL RESEARCH; INFORMATION MANAGEMENT; PLANNING; QUALITY CONTROL; QUALITY MANAGEMENT; RESOURCE ALLOCATION;

INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY;

EID: 79960717771     PISSN: 02635577     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/02635571111144937     Document Type: Article

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