Supply chain as a flexible system: A KM focused competence

Global Journal of Flexible Systems Management

Volumn 9, Issue 2-3, 2008, Pages 15-30

  Wadhwa, Subhash ^a,c   Ducq, Yves ^b   Saxena, Avneet ^c   Prakash, Anuj ^c  

^a GURU GOBIND SINGH INDRAPRASTHA UNIVERSITY   (India)

^b UNIVERSITÉ BORDEAUX 1   (France)

^c INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY DELHI   (India)

Author keywords

Decision knowledge sharing (DKS); Demo models; Flexibility; Flexible supply chains (FSCs); Knowledge management (KM)

Indexed keywords

EID: 59549098057     PISSN: 09722696     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF03396540     Document Type: Article

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