The contribution and role of information management in supply chains: A decomposition-based approach

Production Planning and Control

Volumn 18, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 497-513

  Schnetzler, M J ^a   Schonsleben P ^a  

^a ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Axiomatic design; Information management; Information technology; Supply chain management

Indexed keywords

COSTS; DOMAIN DECOMPOSITION METHODS; INFORMATION MANAGEMENT; INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY; OPTIMAL SYSTEMS;

AXIOMATIC DESIGNS; DESIGN DECOMPOSITION; INFORMATION QUALITY; SUPPLY CHAIN TARGETS;

SUPPLY CHAIN MANAGEMENT;

EID: 34548297244     PISSN: 09537287     EISSN: 13665871     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09537280701499700     Document Type: Article

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