Towards a theory of supply chain alignment enablers: A systematic literature review

Supply Chain Management

Volumn 17, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 419-437

  Wong, Chee ^a   Skipworth, Heather ^b   Godsell, Janet ^b   Achimugu, Nemile ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HULL   (United Kingdom)

^b CRANFIELD UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^c Authentic Sourcing Knowledge Ltd   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Alignment; Customer value; Enablers; Inhibitors; Shareholder value; Shareholder value analysis; Supply chain; Supply chain management

Indexed keywords

EID: 84863496233     PISSN: 13598546     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/13598541211246567     Document Type: Review

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