Linkages among manufacturing concepts, inventories, delivery service and competitiveness

International Journal of Production Economics

Volumn 71, Issue 1-3, 2001, Pages 195-204

  Vastag, Gyula ^a   Montabon, Frank ^b  

^a Filderhauptstrasse 155 D 70799   (Germany)

^b IOWA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Comparative studies; Competitiveness; Customer service; Inventory management

Indexed keywords

COMPETITION; CORRELATION METHODS; CUSTOMER SATISFACTION; INDUSTRIAL ECONOMICS; INVENTORY CONTROL; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; OUTSOURCING; PROCESS ENGINEERING; PURCHASING; RESOURCE ALLOCATION; STRATEGIC PLANNING; VALUE ENGINEERING;

CUSTOMER SERVICES; INVENTORY MANAGEMENT;

PRODUCTION CONTROL;

EID: 0035815839     PISSN: 09255273     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0925-5273(00)00118-3     Document Type: Article

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