Improving the pharmaceutical supply chain: Assessing the reality of e-quality through e-commerce application in hospital pharmacy

International Journal of Quality and Reliability Management

Volumn 22, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 572-590

  Breen, Liz ^a   Crawford, Helen ^b  

^a BRADFORD UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MANAGEMENT   (United Kingdom)

^b LIVERPOOL JOHN MOORES UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Electronic commerce; Electronic data interchange; Hospitals; Pharmaceuticals industry; Quality improvement; Supply chain management

Indexed keywords

EID: 22544438441     PISSN: 0265671X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/02656710510604890     Document Type: Review

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