A data envelopment analysis approach to measuring vendor performance

Supply Chain Management

Volumn 1, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 28-39

  Weber, Charles A ^a  

^a INSTITUTE FOR DEFENSE ANALYSES   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACQUISITIONS; DATA ENVELOPMENT ANALYSIS (DEA); JUST-IN-TIME (JIT) ENVIRONMENT; VENDORS;

BENCHMARKING; CONDITION MONITORING; DATA REDUCTION; EFFICIENCY; FOOD PRODUCTS PLANTS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MATHEMATICAL TECHNIQUES; QUALITY CONTROL;

INDUSTRIAL MANAGEMENT;

EID: 0006288344     PISSN: 13598546     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/13598549610155242     Document Type: Article

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