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The chapter provides guidelines for achieving IS enabled supply chain agility in a cost-reduction-driven business environment.

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Wu, Y. (2019). Concluding Comments. In: Achieving Supply Chain Agility. Palgrave Macmillan, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-98440-7_8

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