The role of services in flexible supply chains: An exploratory study

International Journal of Agile Systems and Management

Volumn 6, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 307-323

  Stevenson, Mark ^a  

^a LANCASTER UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Case study; Flexibility; Services; Supply chain

Indexed keywords

EID: 84929159788     PISSN: 17419174     EISSN: 17419182     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1504/IJASM.2013.058200     Document Type: Article

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