Assessing the impact of e-business on supply chain dynamics

International Journal of Production Economics

Volumn 89, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 109-118

  Disney, S M ^a   Naim, M M ^a   Potter, A ^a  

^a CARDIFF UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Bullwhip; e Commerce; e Shopping; EPOS; Supply chain dynamics; Vendor managed inventory

Indexed keywords

COMMUNICATION CHANNELS (INFORMATION THEORY); COMPUTER SUPPORTED COOPERATIVE WORK; INDUSTRIAL ECONOMICS; INFORMATION DISSEMINATION; INVENTORY CONTROL; STRATEGIC PLANNING;

BULLWHIP; E-SHOPPING; EPOS; SUPPLY CHAIN DYNAMICS; VENDOR MANAGED INVENTORY;

ELECTRONIC COMMERCE;

EID: 2342576349     PISSN: 09255273     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0925-5273(02)00464-4     Document Type: Conference Paper

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