Measuring supply chain performance: Current research and future directions

International Journal of Productivity and Performance Management

Volumn 55, Issue 3-4, 2006, Pages 242-258

  Shepherd, Craig ^a   Günter, Hannes ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

^b ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Performance measures; Supply chain management

Indexed keywords

EID: 33645668377     PISSN: 17410401     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/17410400610653219     Document Type: Article

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