The role of human factors in agile supply chains

European Journal of Industrial Engineering

Volumn 3, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 2-20

  Barve, Akhilesh ^a   Kanda, Arun ^b   Shankar, Ravi ^b  

^a Accurate Institute of Management and Technology   (India)

^b INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY DELHI   (India)

Author keywords

Agility; Human factors; Interpretive Structural Modelling; ISM; Supply chain

Indexed keywords

MANAGERS; SUPPLY CHAINS;

AGILE SUPPLY CHAINS; AGILITY; INTERPRETIVE STRUCTURAL MODELLING (ISM); MANAGERIAL IMPLICATIONS; STRUCTURAL MODELLING; SUPPLY AND DEMAND; SUPPLY CHAIN AGILITY;

HUMAN ENGINEERING;

EID: 57349097261     PISSN: 17515254     EISSN: 17515262     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1504/EJIE.2009.021582     Document Type: Article

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