An empirical study of the relationships among strategy, flexibility, and performance in the supply chain context

Supply Chain Management

Volumn 14, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 177-188

  Fantazy, Kamel Aissa ^a   Kumar, Vinod ^a   Kumar, Uma ^a  

^a CARLETON UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Flexible manufacturing systems; Management strategy; Performance management; Supply chain management

Indexed keywords

EID: 69549134035     PISSN: 13598546     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/13598540910954520     Document Type: Article

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