Impact of information and communication technologies on logistics and freight transportation: Example of vendor-managed inventories

Transportation Research Record

Volumn , Issue 1790, 2002, Pages 10-19

  Rabah, Mouhamad ^a   Mahmassani, Hani S ^a  

^a The University of Texas at Austin   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPETITION; COSTS; INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY; INVENTORY CONTROL; PUBLIC POLICY;

DISTRIBUTION CHANNEL; SUPPLY CHAIN; VENDOR MANAGED INVENTORY;

FREIGHT TRANSPORTATION;

EID: 0036969812     PISSN: 03611981     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3141/1790-02     Document Type: Article

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