A consideration of the relevance of lean supply chain concepts for humanitarian aid provision

International Journal of Services, Technology and Management

Volumn 12, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 430-444

  Taylor, David ^a   Pettit, Stephen ^a  

^a CARDIFF UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Assessment; Humanitarian aid; Lean logistics; Value chain analysis; VCA

Indexed keywords

MANAGEMENT; MARKETING;

ASSESSMENT; EMERGENCY SITUATION; HUMANITARIAN AID; LARGE AMOUNTS; LEAN SUPPLY CHAINS; SUPPLY CHAIN PROCESS; VALUE CHAIN ANALYSIS;

SUPPLY CHAINS;

EID: 67649954775     PISSN: 14606720     EISSN: 1741525X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1504/IJSTM.2009.025817     Document Type: Article

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