Estimating the effects of carrier transit-time performance on logistics cost and service

Transportation Research Part A: Policy and Practice

Volumn 32, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 89-97

  Tyworth, John E ^a   Zeng, Amy Zhaohui ^b  

^a PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA WILMINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

Inventory control; Logistics; Optimization; Service; Transportation

Indexed keywords

COST EFFECTIVENESS; INVENTORY CONTROL; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; OPTIMAL CONTROL SYSTEMS; PROBABILITY DISTRIBUTIONS; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS;

CARRIER TRANSIT TIME; SUPPLY CHAIN MANAGEMENT;

FREIGHT TRANSPORTATION;

ECONOMIC ANALYSIS; ECONOMICS; INVENTORY CONTROL; METHODOLOGY; SUPPLY CHAIN MANAGEMENT; TRANSPORT; TRANSPORT LOGISTICS;

EID: 0031597060     PISSN: 09658564     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0965-8564(97)00020-7     Document Type: Article

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