Responsiveness through buyer-focused cells: Exploring a new supply strategy

International Journal of Operations and Production Management

Volumn 27, Issue 12, 2007, Pages 1362-1379

  Van Donk, Dirk Pieter ^a   Van Der Vaart, Taco ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Buyers; Integration; Supply chain management

Indexed keywords

EID: 35748982622     PISSN: 01443577     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/01443570710835651     Document Type: Article

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