Benchmarking the benefits and barriers of application integration

Benchmarking: An International Journal

Volumn 8, Issue 4, 2001, Pages 317-331

  Themistocleous, Marinos ^a   Irani, Zahir ^a  

^a BRUNEL UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Benchmarking; Computer software; Planning; Resources; Supply chain management

Indexed keywords

EID: 84986145151     PISSN: 14635771     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/14635770110403828     Document Type: Article

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