Supply chain performance issues in an automobile company: A SAP-LAP analysis

Measuring Business Excellence

Volumn 16, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 67-86

  Charan, Parikshit ^a  

^a INDIAN INSTITUTE OF MANAGEMENT ROHTAK   (India)

Author keywords

Automotive industry; Automotive organization; Competitive advantage; India; Performance measures; Resource based view; SAP LAP analysis; Supply chain management; Supply chain performance measurement systems

Indexed keywords

EID: 84858387224     PISSN: 13683047     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/13683041211204680     Document Type: Article

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