A generic supplier management tool for outsourcing manufacturing

Supply Chain Management

Volumn 8, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 140-154

  Choy, K L ^a   Lee, W B ^a  

^a HONG KONG POLYTECHNIC UNIVERSITY   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Knowledge based systems; Manufacturing; Outsourcing; Suppliers ; Supply chain management

Indexed keywords

C (PROGRAMMING LANGUAGE); COMPUTER SOFTWARE; DECISION MAKING; INDUSTRIAL MANAGEMENT; INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY; KNOWLEDGE BASED SYSTEMS; MANUFACTURE; MARKETING;

CASE-BASED REASONING (CBR); INTERNATIONAL PROCUREMENT; SUPPLY-CHAIN MANAGEMENT;

OUTSOURCING;

EID: 3242711098     PISSN: 13598546     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/13598540310468742     Document Type: Article

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