Customer-supplier integration forms in the air-conditioning industry

Journal of Manufacturing Technology Management

Volumn 17, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 633-655

  Furlan, Andrea ^a   Romano, Pietro ^b   Camuffo, Arnaldo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PADOVA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF UDINE   (Italy)

Author keywords

Buyer seller relationships; Case studies; Supplier relations; Supply chain management

Indexed keywords

ELECTRONICS INDUSTRY; INDUSTRIAL MANAGEMENT; MARKETING; PRODUCT DESIGN; PURCHASING; RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT MANAGEMENT;

BUYER-SELLER RELATIONSHIPS; CASE STUDIES; SUPPLIER RELATIONS; SUPPLY CHAIN MANAGEMENT;

AIR CONDITIONING;

EID: 33744539170     PISSN: 1741038X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/17410380610668568     Document Type: Article

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