The impact of increasing demand visibility on production and inventory control efficiency

International Journal of Physical Distribution and Logistics Management

Volumn 33, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 336-354

  Småros, Johanna ^a   Lehtonen, Juha Matti ^a   Appelqvist, Patrik ^a   Holmström, Jan ^a  

^a AALTO UNIVERSITY   (Finland)

Author keywords

Demand forecasting; Information exchange; Inventory control; Production planning; Supply chain management

Indexed keywords

EID: 12344258461     PISSN: 09600035     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/09600030310478801     Document Type: Article

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