Postponed manufacturing: A case study in the food supply chain

Supply Chain Management

Volumn 2, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 63-75

  Van Hoek, Remko ^a  

^a ERASMUS UNIVERSITY ROTTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; COSTS; CUSTOMER SATISFACTION; FOOD SUPPLY; INVENTORY CONTROL; STRATEGIC PLANNING;

FOOD INDUSTRY; FOOD SUPPLY CHAIN;

INDUSTRIAL MANAGEMENT;

EID: 0011890210     PISSN: 13598546     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/13598549710166113     Document Type: Article

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