Managing the product design-supply chain interface: Towards a roadmap to the "design centric business"

International Journal of Physical Distribution and Logistics Management

Volumn 39, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 301-319

  Khan, Omera ^a,b   Creazza, Alessandro ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

^b CRANFIELD UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^c CREMS Centre for Research on Health Economics Social and Health Care Management Carlo Cattaneo University LIUC   (Italy)

Author keywords

Agile production; Product design; Risk management; Supply chain management

Indexed keywords

EID: 69749113599     PISSN: 09600035     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/09600030910962258     Document Type: Article

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