Hybrid stockless: A case study. Lessons for health-care supply chain integration

International Journal of Operations and Production Management

Volumn 22, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 412-424

  Rivard Royer, Hugo ^a   Landry, Sylvain ^b,c   Beaulieu, Martin ^b  

^a Strategic Planning Health and Pharmaceuticals   (Canada)

^b HEC MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

^c KEDGE BUSINESS SCHOOL   (France)

Author keywords

Health care; Logistics; Materials management; Supply chain management

Indexed keywords

EID: 0036017709     PISSN: 01443577     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/01443570210420412     Document Type: Article

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