Supply chain migration from lean and functional to agile and customised

Supply Chain Management

Volumn 5, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 206-213

  Christopher, Martin ^a   Towill, Denis R ^b  

^a CRANFIELD UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b CARDIFF UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Information management; Suppliers; Supply chain management

Indexed keywords

COST EFFECTIVENESS; INFORMATION MANAGEMENT; INFORMATION SCIENCE; INVENTORY CONTROL; MARKETING; QUALITY ASSURANCE;

SUPPLIERS; SUPPLY-CHAIN MANAGEMENT; TOYOTA PRODUCTION SYSTEM (TPS);

AGILE MANUFACTURING SYSTEMS;

EID: 0001634042     PISSN: 13598546     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/13598540010347334     Document Type: Review

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