Aligning product design with the supply chain: A case study

Supply Chain Management

Volumn 17, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 323-336

  Khan, Omera ^a   Christopher, Martin ^b   Creazza, Alessandro ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HULL   (United Kingdom)

^b CRANFIELD UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^c CREMS Centre for Research on Health Economics Social and Health Care Management Carlo Cattaneo University LIUC   (Italy)

Author keywords

Fashion industry; Product design; Resilience and responsiveness; Supply chain; Supply chain risk management

Indexed keywords

EID: 84860376612     PISSN: 13598546     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/13598541211227144     Document Type: Article

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