Re-modelling EOQ and JIT purchasing for performance enhancement in the ready mixed concrete industries of Chongqing, China and Singapore

International Journal of Productivity and Performance Management

Volumn 54, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 256-277

  Min, Wu ^a   Pheng, Low Sui ^a  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

Author keywords

China; Concretes; Economic order quantities; Just in time; Purchasing; Singapore

Indexed keywords

EID: 18844404185     PISSN: 17410401     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/17410400510593811     Document Type: Article

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