Quantifying the benefits of breaking bulk in retail operations

International Journal of Production Economics

Volumn 80, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 249-263

  Ketzenberg, Michael ^a   Metters, Richard ^b   Vargas, Vicente ^c  

^a Department of Environmental and Radiological Health Sciences   (United States)

^b EMORY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SAN DIEGO   (United States)

Author keywords

Inventory; JIT; Retail

Indexed keywords

COST EFFECTIVENESS; CUSTOMER SATISFACTION; DISTRIBUTION OF GOODS; INVENTORY CONTROL;

GROCERY INDUSTRY;

RETAIL STORES;

EID: 0037065233     PISSN: 09255273     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0925-5273(02)00258-X     Document Type: Article

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