Modularity in supply chains: A multiple case study in the construction industry

International Journal of Operations and Production Management

Volumn 26, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 600-618

  Voordijk, Hans ^a   Meijboom, Bert ^b   De Haan, Job ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TWENTE   (Netherlands)

^b TILBURG UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Construction industry; Supply chain management

Indexed keywords

EID: 33646885028     PISSN: 01443577     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/01443570610666966     Document Type: Article

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