Investigation of the impact of supply chain integration on product innovation and quality

Scientia Iranica

Volumn 16, Issue 1 E, 2009, Pages 81-89

  Hosseini Baharanchi, S R ^a  

^a IMAM HOSSEIN UNIVERSITY   (Iran)

Author keywords

Internal integration; Product features; Supply chain downstream integration; Supply chain upstream integration

Indexed keywords

AUTOMOTIVE INDUSTRY; QUALITY CONTROL; SUPPLY CHAINS;

DOWNSTREAM INTEGRATIONS; INTEGRATION ISSUES; PRODUCT FEATURE; PRODUCT INNOVATION; SUPPLY-CHAIN INTEGRATION; SURVEY METHODS; TWO-PRODUCT;

INTEGRATION;

AUTOMATION; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; INNOVATION;

EID: 79951655872     PISSN: 10263098     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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