Using real options in ERP-systems for improving delivery reliability

17th Americas Conference on Information Systems 2011, AMCIS 2011

Volumn 3, Issue , 2011, Pages 1953-1962

  Mettler, Tobias ^a   Raber, David ^b   Hoffmann, Hagen ^a  

^a SAP Research St Gallen   (Switzerland)

^b SAP RESEARCH   (Germany)

Author keywords

Design science; Electronic procurement; Enterprise resource planning; Manufacturing and equipment industry; Real options theory

Indexed keywords

ELECTRONIC DATA INTERCHANGE; INFORMATION SYSTEMS; INFORMATION USE; MACHINERY; PRODUCTION CONTROL; PURCHASING; RELIABILITY; DESIGN; EQUIPMENT; INDUSTRY;

BUYER SUPPLIER RELATIONSHIP; DELIVERY RELIABILITY; DESIGN SCIENCE; ELECTRONIC PROCUREMENT; EQUIPMENT INDUSTRIES; PRODUCTION PLANNING; REAL OPTIONS APPROACH; REAL OPTIONS THEORY; DESIGN RESEARCH; REAL OPTIONS; VOLATILE MARKETS;

ENTERPRISE RESOURCE PLANNING;

EID: 84870191887     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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