The impact of small lot ordering on traffic congestion in a physical distribution system

IIE Transactions (Institute of Industrial Engineers)

Volumn 29, Issue 8, 1997, Pages 671-679

  Moinzadeh, Kamran ^a   Klastorin, Ted ^a   Berk, Emre ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^b BILKENT UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COSTS; DISTRIBUTION OF GOODS; INVENTORY CONTROL; MATHEMATICAL MODELS;

PHYSICAL DISTRIBUTION SYSTEMS; TRAFFIC CONGESTION;

JUST IN TIME PRODUCTION;

EID: 0031199982     PISSN: 0740817X     EISSN: 15458830     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/07408179708966377     Document Type: Article

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