Supply chain integration: An empirical study on manufacturing industry in Malaysia

Journal of Systems and Information Technology

Volumn 12, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 210-221

  Hussein Zolait, Ali ^a   Razak Ibrahim, Abdul ^a   Sundram, Veera Pandiyan Kaliani ^a   Chandran, V G R ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MALAYA   (Malaysia)

^b UNIVERSITI TEKNOLOGI MARA   (Malaysia)

Author keywords

Malaysia; Manufacturing industries; Supply chain management; Technology led strategy

Indexed keywords

EID: 84993012456     PISSN: 13287265     EISSN: 17588847     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/13287261011070830     Document Type: Article

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