Productivity improvement of a computer hardware supply chain

International Journal of Productivity and Performance Management

Volumn 54, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 239-255

  Ravi, V ^a   Shankar, Ravi ^a   Tiwari, M K ^b  

^a INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY DELHI   (India)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF FOUNDRY AND FORGE TECHNOLOGY   (India)

Author keywords

Computer hardware; Recycling; Supply chain management

Indexed keywords

EID: 18844436515     PISSN: 17410401     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/17410400510593802     Document Type: Article

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