Radio Frequency Identification: An enabler of agile supply chain decision-making

International Journal of Agile Systems and Management

Volumn 2, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 305-320

  Butcher, Tim ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HULL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Agile supply chain; Collaboration; Decision making; Radio Frequency Identification; RFID; Socio Technical Systems; STS

Indexed keywords

EID: 85018249526     PISSN: 17419174     EISSN: 17419182     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1504/IJASM.2007.015795     Document Type: Article

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