Operations planning and flexibility in a supply chain

Production Planning and Control

Volumn 16, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 21-31

  Aprile, Domenico ^a   Claudio Garavelli, A ^a,b   Giannoccaro, Ilaria ^a  

^a POLITECNICO DI BARI   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BASILICATA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Operations planning; Performance; Process and logistics flexibility; Supply chain

Indexed keywords

COMPETITION; PERFORMANCE; UNCERTAIN SYSTEMS;

OPERATIONS PLANNING; PROCESS AND LOGISTICS FLEXIBILITY; SUPPLY CHAIN;

STRATEGIC PLANNING;

EID: 27844441709     PISSN: 09537287     EISSN: 13665871     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09537280412331313348     Document Type: Article

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