On the Visual Design of ERP Systems The – Role of Information Complexity, Presentation and Human Factors

Procedia Manufacturing

Volumn 3, Issue , 2015, Pages 448-455

  Mittelstädt, Victor ^a   Brauner, Philipp ^a   Blum, Matthias ^a   Ziefle, Martina ^a  

^a RWTH AACHEN UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Alphanumeric displays; Cognitive abilities; Enterprise resource planning system (ERP); Human Factors; Information complexity; Information systems; Information visualization; Supply chain management; Tables; Usability; Usability for Industrial Internet; User diversity

Indexed keywords

EID: 85009965932     PISSN: None     EISSN: 23519789     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1016/j.promfg.2015.07.207     Document Type: Conference Paper

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