Agility and supply chain uncertainty: A scenario planning perspective

International Journal of Agile Systems and Management

Volumn 3, Issue 3-4, 2008, Pages 178-191

  Dani, Samir ^a   Ranganathan, Rajesh ^b  

^a LOUGHBOROUGH UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Agile supply chains; Risk management; Scenario planning; Supply chain risk

Indexed keywords

EID: 84859468379     PISSN: 17419174     EISSN: 17419182     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1504/IJASM.2008.021208     Document Type: Review

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