Estimating cost-saving potential from international sourcing and other sourcing levers: Relative importance and trade-offs

International Journal of Physical Distribution and Logistics Management

Volumn 41, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 315-336

  Schiele, Holger ^a   Horn, Philipp ^b   Vos, Bart ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TWENTE   (Netherlands)

^b JACOBS UNIVERSITY BREMEN   (Germany)

^c TILBURG UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Globalization; Purchasing; Sourcing

Indexed keywords

EID: 79954533774     PISSN: 09600035     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/09600031111123813     Document Type: Article

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