Supply-chain system costs of alternative grocery industry pallet systems

Forest Products Journal

Volumn 56, Issue 10, 2006, Pages 52-57

  Ray, Charles D ^a,c   Michael, Judd H ^a,c   Scholnick, Bruce N ^b  

^a PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b National Wooden Pallet and Container Assoc   (United States)

^c FOREST PRODUCTS SOCIETY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GROCERY; PALLET LOAD SYSTEMS; SUPPLY CHAIN SYSTEM;

COMPUTER SIMULATION; COST ACCOUNTING; CUSTOMER SATISFACTION; PRODUCTION ENGINEERING;

PALLETS;

ACCOUNTING; BAG PAPERS; KRAFT PAPERS; PALLETS; PRODUCTION ENGINEERING; SIMULATION;

EID: 33750815995     PISSN: 00157473     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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