The impact and benefits of a DSS: The case of FleetManager

Information and Management

Volumn 31, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 215-225

  Igbaria, Magid ^a,b   Sprague Jr , Ralph H ^c   Basnet, Chuda ^d   Foulds, Les ^d  

^a CLAREMONT GRADUATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

^c UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF WAIKATO   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Business performance; Decision support system; Impact; Milk tanker routing; New Zealand; Vehicle scheduling

Indexed keywords

DECISION MAKING; FLEET OPERATIONS; INTERACTIVE COMPUTER SYSTEMS; ITERATIVE METHODS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PERFORMANCE; PLANNING; SCHEDULING; TRANSPORTATION ROUTES; TRUCK DRIVERS;

BUSINESS PERFORMANCE; MILK TANKER ROUTING; NEW ZEALAND; VEHICLE ROUTING; VEHICLE SCHEDULING;

DECISION SUPPORT SYSTEMS;

EID: 0030368806     PISSN: 03787206     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0378-7206(96)01078-6     Document Type: Article

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