Designing distribution centres for agile supply chains

International Journal of Logistics Research and Applications

Volumn 9, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 207-221

  Baker, Peter ^a  

^a CRANFIELD UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Agility; Distribution centres; Flexibility; Warehousing

Indexed keywords

EID: 53049089781     PISSN: 13675567     EISSN: 1469848X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13675560600859136     Document Type: Article

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