Flexibility and adaptability in supply chains: A lesson learnt from a practitioner

Supply Chain Management: An International Journal

Volumn 14, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 407-410

  Chan, H K ^a   Wang, William Y C ^b   Luong, Lee H s ^b   Chan, Felix T S ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EAST ANGLIA   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Adaptability; Case studies; Response flexibility; Supply chain management

Indexed keywords

EID: 70350348335     PISSN: 13598546     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/13598540910995165     Document Type: Article

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