Supply chain modularisation: Cases from the French automobile industry

International Journal of Production Economics

Volumn 106, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 2-11

  Doran, Desmond ^a   Hill, Alex ^a   Hwang, Ki Soon ^a   Jacob, Gregoire ^a  

^a KINGSTON UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Automotive; Modularisation; Supply chain management

Indexed keywords

AUTOMOBILE MANUFACTURE; PRODUCT DEVELOPMENT; RISK MANAGEMENT; STRATEGIC PLANNING;

MODULAR SUPPLY; MODULAR SYSTEMS; SUPPLY CHAIN MANAGEMENT; SUPPLY CHAIN MODULARIZATION;

PRODUCTION CONTROL;

EID: 33845472872     PISSN: 09255273     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijpe.2006.04.006     Document Type: Article

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