Analysis of supply chain planning centralisation for multinational companies

International Journal of Logistics Systems and Management

Volumn 9, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 478-500

  Melacini, M ^a   Creazza, A ^b   Perotti, S ^a  

^a POLITECNICO DI MILANO   (Italy)

^b CREMS Centre for Research on Health Economics Social and Health Care Management Carlo Cattaneo University LIUC   (Italy)

Author keywords

Centralisation; Global logistics; Multinational companies; Supply chain planning

Indexed keywords

EID: 80051625763     PISSN: 17427967     EISSN: 17427975     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1504/IJLSM.2011.041867     Document Type: Review

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