Just-in-time: Implementation within the hotel industry - A case study

International Journal of Production Economics

Volumn 80, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 155-167

  Barlow, Gerald Lee ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KENT   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Hotel industry; Inventory management; JIT

Indexed keywords

HOTELS; INVENTORY CONTROL; JUST IN TIME PRODUCTION;

JUST-IN-TIME PURCHASING;

INDUSTRIAL MANAGEMENT;

EID: 0037153019     PISSN: 09255273     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0925-5273(02)00315-8     Document Type: Article

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