Mitigating supply chain risk through improved agility: Lessons from a UK retailer

International Journal of Agile Systems and Management

Volumn 3, Issue 3-4, 2008, Pages 263-281

  Khan, Omera ^a   Greaves, Yvonne Cutler ^b  

^a CRANFIELD UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b YaGCo   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Agile supply chains design; Fashion retail; Risk tools; Supply chain risk management

Indexed keywords

EID: 84859468369     PISSN: 17419174     EISSN: 17419182     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1504/IJASM.2008.021213     Document Type: Article

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