How should you stabilise your supply chains?

International Journal of Production Economics

Volumn 135, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 870-881

  Hill, Alex ^a   Doran, Des ^b   Stratton, Roy ^c  

^a KINGSTON UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b BRUNEL UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^c NOTTINGHAM TRENT UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Cushioning strategy; Operations strategy; Stabilising strategy; Supply chains

Indexed keywords

CASE BASED; CUSHIONING STRATEGY; DEMAND UNCERTAINTY; OPERATIONS STRATEGIES; RESEARCH PAPERS; STABILISING STRATEGY;

INDUSTRIAL ECONOMICS; INDUSTRIAL ENGINEERING;

SUPPLY CHAINS;

EID: 84155165456     PISSN: 09255273     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijpe.2011.10.027     Document Type: Article

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