Coordinated responsiveness for volatile toy supply chains

Production Planning and Control

Volumn 18, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 407-419

  Wong, C Y ^a   Hvolby, H H ^b  

^a CRANFIELD UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b AALBORG UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Coordination; Responsiveness; Supply chain planning; Toy industry; Volatility

Indexed keywords

INNOVATION; INVENTORY CONTROL; PRODUCT DEVELOPMENT; RISK MANAGEMENT; STRATEGIC PLANNING;

ORDER PENETRATION POINTS (OPP); RESPONSIVENESS; SUPPLY CHAIN PLANNING; TOY INDUSTRY;

SUPPLY CHAINS;

EID: 34547382544     PISSN: 09537287     EISSN: 13665871     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09537280701425564     Document Type: Article

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