Supply Chain Management

SUPPLY CHAIN MANAGEMENT

Edited by Pengzhong Li

Supply Chain Management Edited by Pengzhong Li

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Supply Chain Management, Edited by Pengzhong Li p. cm. ISBN 978-953-307-184-8

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Contents

Preface Part 1 Chapter 1 IX 1

Management Method and Its Application

Supply Chain Optimization: Centralized vs Decentralized Planning and Scheduling Georgios K.D. Saharidis Integrating Lean, Agile, Resilience and Green Paradigms in Supply Chain Management (LARG_SCM) 27...