Evaluation of logistics related policies between two different levels of the supply chain network - A case study

Annals of Operations Research

Volumn 143, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 77-89

  Rajeshkumar, B C ^a   Rameshbabu, T ^b  

^a Trimentus Technologies   (India)

^b ANNA UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

Automobile industry; Inventory routing problem (IRP); Logistics; Mixed integer linear programming (MILP); Supply chain network

Indexed keywords

EID: 33646561517     PISSN: 02545330     EISSN: 15729338     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10479-006-7373-2     Document Type: Conference Paper

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