The UPS strike: Lessons for just-in-timers

Production and Inventory Management Journal

Volumn 39, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 63-67

  Coleman, B Jay ^a   Jennings, Kenneth M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARGO HANDLING; DISTRIBUTION OF GOODS; INVENTORY CONTROL;

SUPPLY CHAINS;

JUST IN TIME PRODUCTION;

EID: 0032299386     PISSN: 08978336     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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