Delivering the '3-day car' - The strategic implications for automotive logistics operations

Journal of Purchasing and Supply Management

Volumn 9, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 63-71

  Holweg, Matthias ^a   Miemczyk, Joe ^b  

^a CARDIFF UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BATH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Automotive industry; Build to order; Logistics

Indexed keywords

EID: 2442426168     PISSN: 14784092     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1478-4092(03)00003-7     Document Type: Article

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