Relaxing channel separation: Integrating a virtual store into the supply chain via transshipments

IIE Transactions (Institute of Industrial Engineers)

Volumn 38, Issue 11, 2006, Pages 917-931

  Seifert, Ralf W ^a   Thonemann, Ulrich W ^b   Sieke, Marcel A ^b  

^a IMD   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COLOGNE   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COST EFFECTIVENESS; INVENTORY CONTROL; MARKETING; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; ONLINE SYSTEMS; OPTIMIZATION; RETAIL STORES;

DEDICATED SUPPLY CHAIN; INTEGRATED SUPPLY CHAIN; ONLINE ORDERS; VIRTUAL STORE;

ELECTRONIC COMMERCE;

EID: 33748498459     PISSN: 0740817X     EISSN: 15458830     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/07408170600854453     Document Type: Article

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