The changing role of information technology in food and beverage logistics management: Beverage network optimisation using intelligent agent technology

Journal of Food Engineering

Volumn 70, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 403-420

  Mangina, Eleni ^a   Vlachos, Ilias P ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE DUBLIN   (Ireland)

^b AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS   (Greece)

Author keywords

Beverage network optimisation food logistics; Intelligent agents; Supply chain management

Indexed keywords

BEVERAGES; COMPETITION; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DISTRIBUTION OF GOODS; FOOD SUPPLY; INTELLIGENT AGENTS; INTERNET; INVENTORY CONTROL; LOGISTICS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; OPTIMIZATION; SOFTWARE ENGINEERING;

BEVERAGE NETWORK OPTIMIZATION FOOD LOGISTICS; LOGISTICS MANAGEMENT; SOFTWARE SYSTEMS; SUPPLY CHAIN MANAGEMENT;

INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY;

EID: 17944368949     PISSN: 02608774     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jfoodeng.2004.02.044     Document Type: Article

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