Agility through scenario development and continuous implementation: A global aftermarket logistics case

European Journal of Information Systems

Volumn 15, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 146-158

  Holmqvist, Magnus ^a,b   Pessi, Kalevi ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GOTHENBURG   (Sweden)

^b VOLVO AERO CORPORATION   (Sweden)

^c VIKTORIA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Agility; Global aftermarket logistics; IS IT implementation; Scenario development; Supply chain; Web services

Indexed keywords

EID: 33745771314     PISSN: 0960085X     EISSN: 14769344     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1057/palgrave.ejis.3000602     Document Type: Article

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