Synchronized routing of seasonal products through a production/distribution network

Central European Journal of Operations Research

Volumn 14, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 209-228

  Bolduc, Marie Claude ^a   Renaud, Jacques ^a   Montreuil, Benoit ^a,b,c  

^a INTERUNIVERSITY RESEARCH CENTRE ON ENTERPRISE NETWORKS   (Canada)

^b Department of Enterprise Engineering: Design and Management of Manufacturing and Logistic Networks ^*  (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITÉ LAVAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

Heterogeneous fleet; Inventory; Synchronization; Vehicle routing

Indexed keywords

EID: 33750919958     PISSN: 1435246X     EISSN: 16139178     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10100-006-0169-2     Document Type: Article

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