Towards supply chain collaboration: An operations audit of VMI initiatives in the electronics industry

International Journal of Integrated Supply Management

Volumn 2, Issue 1-2, 2006, Pages 91-105

  Blackhurst, Jennifer ^a   Craighead, Christopher W ^b   Handfield, Robert B ^c  

^a NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b AUBURN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c Bank of Amerika University   (United States)

Author keywords

Case research; Empirical research; Forecasting; Information sharing; Supply chain collaboration; Supply chain management; Vendor managed inventory

Indexed keywords

EID: 33644509533     PISSN: 14775360     EISSN: 17418097     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1504/IJISM.2006.008340     Document Type: Article

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