Through a glass clearly: Standards, architecture, and process transparency in global supply chains

Journal of Management Information Systems

Volumn 28, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 75-108

  Steinfield, Charles ^a   Markus, M Lynne ^b   Wigand, Rolf T ^c  

^a MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b BENTLEY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ARKANSAS AT LITTLE ROCK   (United States)

Author keywords

automotive industry; case study; data standards; EDI; industry study; information transparency; interorganizational systems; software as a service; supply chain

Indexed keywords

ELECTRONIC DATA INTERCHANGE; INTEROPERABILITY; MANUFACTURE; SOFTWARE AS A SERVICE (SAAS); SUPPLY CHAINS; TRANSPARENCY;

CLOUD-BASED ARCHITECTURES; DATA STANDARDS; GLOBAL SUPPLY CHAIN; INDUSTRIAL FIELDS; INFORMATION TRANSPARENCY; INTER-ORGANIZATIONAL SYSTEMS; PROCESS STANDARDIZATIONS; PROCESS STANDARDS;

AUTOMOTIVE INDUSTRY;

EID: 81255173012     PISSN: 07421222     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2753/MIS0742-1222280204     Document Type: Article

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