Does supply chain visibility enhance agility?

International Journal of Production Economics

Volumn 171, Issue , 2016, Pages 46-59

  Brusset, Xavier ^a  

^a TOULOUSE BUSINESS SCHOOL   (France)

Author keywords

Agility; Empirical research; Supply chain; Visibility

Indexed keywords

ENTERPRISE RESOURCE PLANNING; SUPPLY CHAIN MANAGEMENT; SUPPLY CHAINS; SURVEYS; VISIBILITY;

AGILITY; COLLABORATIVE PLATFORM; DYNAMIC CAPABILITIES; EMPIRICAL RESEARCH; OPERATIONAL CAPABILITIES; RESOURCE-BASED VIEW OF THE FIRM; STRUCTURAL EQUATION MODELING; SUPPLY CHAIN VISIBILITY;

MANAGERS;

EID: 84950342093     PISSN: 09255273     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijpe.2015.10.005     Document Type: Article

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