An examination of inventory turnover in the Fortune 500 industrial companies

Production and Inventory Management Journal

Volumn 39, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 51-56

  Vergin, Roger C ^a,b  

^a PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CODES (STANDARDS); COMPETITION; COMPUTATIONAL METHODS; FINANCE; INDUSTRIAL ECONOMICS; INDUSTRIAL MANAGEMENT; JUST IN TIME PRODUCTION; RESOURCE ALLOCATION;

PERFORMANCE IMPROVEMENT PROGRAMS;

INVENTORY CONTROL;

EID: 0032022265     PISSN: 08978336     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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