Supply chain complexity and strategy

Supply Chain Strategies, Issues and Models

Volumn 9781447153528, Issue , 2014, Pages 1-27

  Subramanian, Nachiappan ^a   Rahman, Shams ^b  

^a The University of Nottingham Ningbo China   (China)

^b RMIT UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPETITION;

CONTRACTUAL RELATIONSHIPS; FLOW RELATIONSHIP; LEAGILE; MATERIAL FLOW; PREFERRED CHANNELS; PROCESS COMPLEXITY; PRODUCT'S COMPLEXITY; RISK HEDGING; SUPPLY CHAIN COMPLEXITY; SUPPLY CHAIN STRATEGY;

SUPPLY CHAINS;

EID: 84906670214     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1007/978-1-4471-5352-8_1     Document Type: Chapter

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