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Towards Sustainable ERP Systems: Emerging Trends, Challenges, and Future Pathways

Management Systems in Production Engineering
Volume 33 (2025): Issue 1 (March 2025)
By: Wadhah Alzahmi,  Karam Al-Assaf,  Ryan Alshaikh and  Zied Bahroun  
Open Access
|Feb 2025

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/mspe-2025-0003 | Journal eISSN: 2450-5781 | Journal ISSN: 2299-0461
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Language: English
Page range: 24 - 38
Submitted on: Aug 1, 2024
Accepted on: Jan 1, 2025
Published on: Feb 17, 2025
Published by: STE Group sp. z.o.o.
In partnership with: Paradigm Publishing Services
Publication frequency: 4 issues per year
Keywords:
Enterprise Resource Planning,
Sustainable ERP,
Sustainability,
Sustainable Business Processes,
Sustainable Information Systems
Related subjects:
Business and economics,
Business management,
Management accounting, financial controlling, cost calculation, investment,
Engineering,
Mechanical engineering,
Production technology,
Tools and methods,
Process engineering and industrial engineering

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