Information enrichment: Designing the supply chain for competitive advantage

Supply Chain Management

Volumn 2, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 137-148

  Mason Jones, R ^a   Towill, D R ^a  

^a CARDIFF UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; CUSTOMER SATISFACTION; DECISION MAKING; ELECTRONIC DATA INTERCHANGE; INDUSTRIAL MANAGEMENT; INDUSTRIAL RELATIONS; INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY; LOGIC DESIGN; MANAGERS; MARKETING; OPTIMIZATION; PRODUCT DEVELOPMENT; STRATEGIC PLANNING;

DECISION SUPPORT SYSTEM (DSS); HOLISTIC APPROACH; INDUSTRIAL RELATIONSHIP; SUPPLY CHAIN;

INFORMATION ANALYSIS;

EID: 0000777168     PISSN: 13598546     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/13598549710191304     Document Type: Article

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