Factory gate pricing: An analysis of the Dutch retail distribution

European Journal of Operational Research

Volumn 174, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 1950-1967

  le Blanc, H M ^a   Cruijssen, F ^a   Fleuren, H A ^a   de Koster, M B M ^b  

^a TILBURG UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b ERASMUS UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Factory gate pricing; Retail distribution; Supply chain management

Indexed keywords

COST EFFECTIVENESS; ELECTRIC POWER DISTRIBUTION; INDUSTRIAL PLANTS; INVENTORY CONTROL; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PRODUCT DEVELOPMENT; TRANSPORTATION;

DUTCH RETAIL DISTRIBUTION; FACTORY GATE PRICING (FGP); RETAIL DISTRIBUTION; SUPPLY CHAIN MANAGEMENT;

COST ACCOUNTING;

EID: 33746803307     PISSN: 03772217     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ejor.2005.04.020     Document Type: Article

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