Generic organizational choices for logistics in decentralized organizations implications for inventory management

International Journal of Production Economics

Volumn 45, Issue 1-3, 1996, Pages 195-202

  Pirttilä, Timo ^a   Niemi, Petri ^b  

^a LAPPEENRANTA UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Finland)

^b Kymmene Logistics Oy   (Finland)

Author keywords

Decentralized organization; Inventory management; Logistics organization

Indexed keywords

DECISION MAKING; INVENTORY CONTROL; PERSONNEL; PRODUCTION; SUPERVISORY PERSONNEL;

DECENTRALIZED ORGANIZATION; INVENTORY MANAGEMENT; LOGISTICS ORGANIZATION;

INDUSTRIAL MANAGEMENT;

EID: 0030206657     PISSN: 09255273     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0925-5273(95)00142-5     Document Type: Article

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