Modeling the effect of product architecture modularity in supply chains

Research Methodologies in Supply Chain Management: In Collaboration with Magnus Westhaus

Volumn , Issue , 2005, Pages 493-508

  Mikkola, Juliana H ^a  

^a Department of International Economics and Management   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Modeling Methodologies; Product Architecture Modularity; Supply Chain Management

Indexed keywords

EID: 84892035975     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1007/3-7908-1636-1_32     Document Type: Chapter

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