The impact of information technologies on the US beef industry's supply chain

International Journal of Information Systems and Supply Chain Management

Volumn 1, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 48-65

  Neureuther, Brian D ^a   Kenyon, George N ^b  

^a STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

^b LAMAR UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Beef industry; Business management; Coordination; Information systems; Information technology; Supply chain

Indexed keywords

EID: 84860504673     PISSN: 19355726     EISSN: 19355734     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4018/jisscm.2008010103     Document Type: Article

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