Challenges and opportunities of digital information at the intersection of Big Data Analytics and supply chain management

International Journal of Operations and Production Management

Volumn 37, Issue 1, 2017, Pages 10-36

  Kache, Florian ^a   Seuring, Stefan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KASSEL   (Germany)

Author keywords

Big Data Analytics; Challenges; Delphi study; Digital information; Opportunities; Supply chain management

Indexed keywords

EID: 85008423015     PISSN: 01443577     EISSN: 17586593     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/IJOPM-02-2015-0078     Document Type: Article

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