An empirical study of the role of postponement application in reducing supply chain complexity

IEEE International Engineering Management Conference

Volumn 1, Issue , 2002, Pages 448-453

  Zhou, Dehua ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ERROR ANALYSIS; FORECASTING; INDUSTRIAL MANAGEMENT; PERFORMANCE; PRODUCTIVITY;

SUPPLY CHAIN COMPLEXITY;

INDUSTRIAL ECONOMICS;

EID: 0036445894     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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