Flexibility in global supply chain: modeling the enablers

Journal of Modelling in Management

Volumn 3, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 277-297

  Kumar, Pravin ^a   Shankar, Ravi ^a   Yadav, Surendra S ^a  

^a INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY DELHI   (India)

Author keywords

Agile production; Modelling; Supply chain management

Indexed keywords

EID: 79957610858     PISSN: 17465664     EISSN: 17465672     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/17465660810920609     Document Type: Article

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