Simplified material flow holds the key to supply chain integration

Omega

Volumn 31, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 17-27

  Childerhouse, Paul ^a   Towill, Denis R ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WAIKATO   (New Zealand)

^b CARDIFF UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

12 simplicity rules; Material flow; Supply chain integration; Value stream statistical analysis

Indexed keywords

INTEGRATION; SUPPLY CHAINS;

12 SIMPLICITY RULE; COST CUTTINGS; FULLY INTEGRATED; INDUSTRIAL CASE STUDY; MATERIAL FLOW; OPERATING PRACTICES; SIMPLE++; SUPPLY-CHAIN INTEGRATION; VALUE STREAM STATISTICAL ANALYSE; VALUE STREAMS;

STATISTICAL METHODS;

EID: 0037308577     PISSN: 03050483     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0305-0483(02)00062-2     Document Type: Article

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