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Building a Responsive and Flexible Supply Chain Yoshiteru Minagawa Nagoya Gakuin University, Japan
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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Names: Minagawa, Yoshiteru, 1952– author. Title: Building a responsive and flexible supply chain / by Yoshiteru Minagawa (Nagoya Gakuin University, Japan). Description: New Jersey : World Scientific, [2018] | Includes bibliographical references and index. Identifiers: LCCN 2018008588 | ISBN 9789813222090 (hc : alk. paper) Subjects: LCSH: Business logistics. Classification: LCC HD38.5 .M563 2018 | DDC 658.7--dc23 LC record available at https://lccn.loc.gov/2018008588
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