Lean, agile or leagile? Matching your supply chain to the marketplace

International Journal of Production Research

Volumn 38, Issue 17, 2000, Pages 4061-4070

  Mason Jones, Rachel ^a   Naylor, Ben ^a   Towill, Denis R ^a  

^a CARDIFF UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPETITION; CUSTOMER SATISFACTION; ELECTRONIC EQUIPMENT; MARKETING;

SUPPLY CHAIN;

PRODUCTION ENGINEERING;

EID: 0034694501     PISSN: 00207543     EISSN: 1366588X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00207540050204920     Document Type: Article

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