Effective quick response practices in a supply chain partnership an Australian case study

International Journal of Operations and Production Management

Volumn 21, Issue 5-6, 2001, Pages 840-854

  Perry, Marcia ^a,b   Sohal, Amrik S ^a  

^a VICTORIA UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Agile production; Australia; Case studies; Response flexibility; Supply chain

Indexed keywords

EID: 0035645982     PISSN: 01443577     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/01443570110390516     Document Type: Article

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