Supply chain management: The case of a UK baker preserving the identity of Canadian milling wheat

Supply Chain Management

Volumn 3, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 157-166

  Kennett, Julie ^a   Fulton, Murray ^b   Molder, Pauline ^b   Brooks, Harvey ^c  

^a AGRICULTURE AND AGRI FOOD CANADA   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SASKATCHEWAN   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BAKING INDUSTRY; ENFORCEMENT COSTS; GRAINS INDUSTRY; SUPPLY CHAIN MANAGEMENT;

CONSUMER PRODUCTS; COSTS; CROPS; MARKETING; QUALITY CONTROL; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT;

INDUSTRIAL MANAGEMENT;

EID: 0000266942     PISSN: 13598546     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/13598549810230912     Document Type: Article

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