Supply chain redesign in the healthcare industry of Singapore

Supply Chain Management: An International Journal

Volumn 13, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 95-103

  Kumar, Arun ^a   Ozdamar, Linet ^a   Ning Zhang, Chun ^a  

^a NANYANG TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Business process reengineering; Health services; Just in time; Outsourcing; Singapore; Supply chain management

Indexed keywords

EID: 40849113030     PISSN: 13598546     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/13598540810860930     Document Type: Article

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