Investigating the uncertain nature of the supply chain when outsourcing and the impacts of Information Technology System on managing uncertainties

This paper covered three main topics in supply chain management studies: outsourcing, supply chain uncertainty and Information Technology (IT) system. The survey revealed that the outsourcing practices of participating companies are still mainly focusing on cost factors, which might mislead the mana...

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Main Author: Liu, Yibin
Format: Dissertation (University of Nottingham only)
Language:English
Published: 2008
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Online Access:https://eprints.nottingham.ac.uk/21880/