Logistics innovation for Toyota’s world car strategy

International Journal of Integrated Supply Management

Volumn 1, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 478-489

  Iijima, Masaki ^a   Sugawara, Satoshi ^b  

^a AICHI GAKUIN UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b TOYOTA MOTOR CORPORATION   (Japan)

Author keywords

Asian vehicle; IMV; innovation; international logistics; Kaizen, hub and spoke distribution, global order delivery system

Indexed keywords

EID: 84872943311     PISSN: 14775360     EISSN: 17418097     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1504/IJISM.2005.006307     Document Type: Article

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