The role of performance measurement systems to support quality improvement initiatives at supply chain level

International Journal of Productivity and Performance Management

Volumn 59, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 163-185

  Cagnazzo, Luca ^a   Taticchi, Paolo ^a   Brun, Alessandro ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PERUGIA   (Italy)

^b POLITECNICO DI MILANO   (Italy)

Author keywords

Critical success factors; Performance measures; Qualitative methods; Supply chain management

Indexed keywords

EID: 74349083272     PISSN: 17410401     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/17410401011014249     Document Type: Article

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