Improving the efficiency of the purchasing process using total cost of ownership information: The case of heating electrodes at Cockerill Sambre S.A.

European Journal of Operational Research

Volumn 112, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 42-53

  Degraeve, Zeger ^a   Roodhooft, Filip ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Purchasing; Supplier selection; Supply management; Total cost of ownership

Indexed keywords

COSTS; ELECTRODES; INVENTORY CONTROL; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MATHEMATICAL PROGRAMMING; OUTSOURCING; QUALITY ASSURANCE;

SUPPLIER SELECTIONS; TOTAL COST OF OWNERSHIP;

PURCHASING;

EID: 0032756919     PISSN: 03772217     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0377-2217(97)00383-4     Document Type: Article

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