Implementation of agile supply chain model in an electronic switches manufacturing company

International Journal of Services and Operations Management

Volumn 6, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 452-469

  Kumar, G Anoop ^a   Devadasan, S R ^b   Shalij, P R ^b   Vinodh, S ^c   Rajanayagam, D ^d   Edinbarough, Immanuel ^e  

^a NSS College of Engineering Palakkad   (India)

^b PSG COLLEGE OF TECHNOLOGY   (India)

^c NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (India)

^d Salzer Electronics Limited   (India)

^e UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT BROWNSVILLE   (United States)

Author keywords

Agile manufacturing; Electronic switches; SCM; Supply chain management; Supply chain responsiveness

Indexed keywords

EID: 77952065501     PISSN: 17442370     EISSN: 17442389     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1504/IJSOM.2010.032919     Document Type: Article

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