Flexible supply chains: A context for decision knowledge sharing and decision delays

Global Journal of Flexible Systems Management

Volumn 7, Issue 3-4, 2006, Pages 25-39

  Wadhwa, S ^a   Saxena, Avneet ^a   Bibhushan, ^a  

^a INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY DELHI   (India)

Author keywords

Decision flexibility; Decision knowledge sharing; Flexible supply chains; Knowledge management

Indexed keywords

EID: 35548968361     PISSN: 09722696     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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