Towards ERP success in SMEs through business process review prior to implementation

Journal of Systems and Information Technology

Volumn 15, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 304-323

  Christofi, Maria ^a   Nunes, Miguel ^a   Peng, Guo Chao ^a   Lin, Angela ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Business process improvement; Enterprise resource planning; Pre implementation; Preparation; Small and medium sized enterprises

Indexed keywords

EID: 84886561926     PISSN: 13287265     EISSN: 17588847     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/JSIT-06-2013-0021     Document Type: Article

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