A review of supply chain complexity drivers

Computers and Industrial Engineering

Volumn 66, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 533-540

  Serdarasan, Seyda ^a  

^a ISTANBUL TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Good practices; Qualitative meta synthesis; Supply chain complexity; Supply chain complexity drivers; Supply chain complexity management

Indexed keywords

DECISION MAKERS; DEMAND AMPLIFICATION; DYNAMIC COMPLEXITY; GOOD PRACTICES; IT SYSTEM; META-SYNTHESIS; SOLUTION STRATEGY; SUPPLY CHAIN COMPLEXITY;

ENGINEERING; INDUSTRY;

SUPPLY CHAINS;

EID: 84887119515     PISSN: 03608352     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cie.2012.12.008     Document Type: Article

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