Systems thinking, relationship management and supply chains

53rd Annual Conference of the International Society for the Systems Sciences 2009: Making Liveable, Sustainable Systems Unremarkable

Volumn 1, Issue , 2009, Pages 116-126

  Sun, Ximing ^a   Collins, Ray ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

Agrifood chains; External environment; Relationship management; Supply chain management; System performance

Indexed keywords

AGRI-FOOD SUPPLY CHAINS; AGRIFOOD; BUSINESS TO BUSINESS; EXTERNAL ENVIRONMENTS; HOLISTIC APPROACH; IT IMPACT; LEVEL 2; LEVEL 4; LEVEL-1; NETWORK INTEGRATION; RELATIONSHIP MANAGEMENT; SUPPLIER INTEGRATION; SUPPLY CHAIN PERFORMANCE; SUPPLY CHAIN SYSTEMS; SYSTEM PERFORMANCE; SYSTEMS THINKING;

SUPPLY CHAIN MANAGEMENT;

INDUSTRY;

EID: 84865623313     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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