The implementation process of customer-supplier partnership: Lessons from a clinical perspective

International Journal of Operations and Production Management

Volumn 20, Issue 10, 2000, Pages 1164-1182

  Spina, Gianluca ^a   Zotteri, Giulio ^a  

^a POLITECNICO DI MILANO   (Italy)

Author keywords

Customers; Implementation; Machinery; Performance; Suppliers

Indexed keywords

EID: 3543096252     PISSN: 01443577     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/01443570010343726     Document Type: Review

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