Impact of cross-docking on inventory in a decentralized retail supply chain

Transportation Research Part E: Logistics and Transportation Review

Volumn 42, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 359-382

  Waller, Matthew A ^a   Cassady, C Richard ^b   Ozment, John ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ARKANSAS   (United States)

^b 3202 Bell Engineering Center   (United States)

Author keywords

Bullwhip effect; Cross docking; Periodic review; Supply chain management

Indexed keywords

RETAIL STORES; SALES;

BULLWHIP EFFECTS; CROSSDOCKING; CUSTOMER SERVICE LEVELS; DECENTRALISED; INVENTORY LEVELS; MAKING DECISION; PERIODIC REVIEW; RETAIL SUPPLY CHAIN;

SUPPLY CHAIN MANAGEMENT;

DECISION MAKING; MODEL;

EID: 33746381943     PISSN: 13665545     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tre.2005.01.002     Document Type: Article

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