Order Management in the Customization-Responsiveness Squeeze

Decision Sciences

Volumn 43, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 173-206

  Tenhiälä, Antti ^a   Ketokivi, Mikko ^a  

^a IE BUSINESS SCHOOL   (Spain)

Author keywords

And operations management information systems interface; Decision support systems; Field studies; Manufacturing sales interface; Mass customization; Modular design

Indexed keywords

EID: 84856893341     PISSN: 00117315     EISSN: 15405915     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1540-5915.2011.00342.x     Document Type: Article

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