Understanding the information systems infrastructure of engineering SMEs

Proceedings ICED 05, the 15th International Conference on Engineering Design

Volumn DS 35, Issue , 2005, Pages

  Hicks, B J ^a   Culley, S J ^b   McMahon, C A ^b  

^a University of Bath   (United Kingdom)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Communication; Design information; Information management; Manufacturing information; Software

Indexed keywords

BUSINESS PROCESS; COMPETITIVE ADVANTAGE; CRITICAL COMPONENT; DESIGN INFORMATION; EFFECTIVE MANAGEMENT; FUNCTIONAL ELEMENTS; FUNCTIONAL REQUIREMENT; IN-DEPTH STUDY; INTEGRATED INFORMATION SYSTEM; INTEGRATED INFRASTRUCTURE; REFERENCE MODELS;

COMMUNICATION; COMPETITION; COMPUTER SOFTWARE; DESIGN; INDUSTRY; INFORMATION MANAGEMENT; INFORMATION SYSTEMS; INTEGRATION; MANUFACTURE;

CRITICAL INFRASTRUCTURES;

EID: 84862597911     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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