Measuring supply chain visibility in the apparel industry

Benchmarking

Volumn 20, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 25-44

  Caridi, Maria ^a   Perego, Alessandro ^a   Tumino, Angela ^a  

^a POLITECNICO DI MILANO   (Italy)

Author keywords

Apparel; Benchmarking; Supply chain management; Supply networks; Textile; Visibility

Indexed keywords

EID: 84874125376     PISSN: 14635771     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/14635771311299470     Document Type: Review

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