Value chain outsourcing - A solution for flex-lean-agile manufacturing

International Journal of Value Chain Management

Volumn 2, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 227-268

  Ilyas, R M ^a   Banwet, D K ^a   Shankar, Ravi ^a  

^a INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY DELHI   (India)

Author keywords

Agility; Flexibility; Interpretive Structural Modelling; ISM; Lean; Manufacturing sector; Outsourcing; Value Chain Management; VCM

Indexed keywords

EID: 41749104268     PISSN: 17415357     EISSN: 17415365     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1504/IJVCM.2008.017744     Document Type: Article

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