Industrial Management & Data Systems: Volume 103 Issue 3

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Information flow in automotive supply chains – present industrial practice

Paul Childerhouse, Ramzi Hermiz, Rachel Mason‐Jones, Andrew Popp, Denis R. Towill

The automotive industry acts as a barometer and flagship of the national economy. First tier suppliers are essential enablers in the success of the sector. Here we identify…

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Comparing relational database designing approaches: some managerial implications for database training

Heng‐Li Yang

This research conducted two experiments to understand the performance (correctness and efficiency) of novice database designers, and perceptions of ease of use and preferences of…

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Flexible workflow integration: an object technology approach

H.C.W. Lau, W.B. Lee, P.K.H. Lau

Notes that a flexible workflow, which is characterized by its fast responsiveness in dealing with customer demands through the integration of various value chain activities, is…

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Business process flexibility: a driver for outsourcing

Rainer A. Sommer

Many organizations have implemented business process management solutions that are enabled by enterprise resource planning (ERP) systems. More recently, organizations have focused…

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Integrating industrial maintenance strategy into ERP

K. Nikolopoulos, K. Metaxiotis, N. Lekatis, V. Assimakopoulos

During the last decade, many companies have made large investments in the development and implementation of enterprise resource planning (ERP) systems. However, only few of these…

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Key obstacles to EDI success: from the US small manufacturing companies’ perspective

Minjoon Jun, Shaohan Cai

This study first empirically investigated key EDI obstacles experienced by US small manufacturing firms and, then, examined the relationships between the identified obstacles and…

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A note on the using of accounting databases

David C. Yang, Miklos A. Vasarhelyi, Caixing Liu

This paper identifies potential data problems when using accounting databases. To examine data errors, two commonly used accounting databases, Value Line and Compustat, are…

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Cover of Industrial Management & Data Systems

ISSN:

0263-5577

Renamed from:

Industrial Management

Online date, start – end:

1980

Copyright Holder:

Emerald Publishing Limited

Open Access:

hybrid

Editors:

  • Dr Alain Yee Loong Chong
  • Prof Hing Kai Chan