Supply chain challenges of North-European paper industry

Industrial Management and Data Systems

Volumn 108, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 208-227

  Koskinen, Pekka ^a   Hilmola, Olli Pekka ^b  

^a Oy Confidea Business Consulting Ltd   (Finland)

^b LAPPEENRANTA UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Finland)

Author keywords

Case studies; Northern Europe; Paper industry; Supply chain management

Indexed keywords

CASE BASED REASONING; DATA STRUCTURES; ENTERPRISE RESOURCE PLANNING; INDUSTRIAL ECONOMICS; SALES; SUPPLY CHAIN MANAGEMENT;

DISCIPLINE DEVELOPMENT; PAPER PRODUCTION; SCALE ECONOMICS;

PAPER AND PULP INDUSTRY;

DATA PROCESSING; ECONOMIC ANALYSIS; PAPER INDUSTRY; PULP INDUSTRY; SALES; SUPPLY CHAIN MANAGEMENT;

EID: 40749153532     PISSN: 02635577     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/02635570810847581     Document Type: Article

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