Postponement strategy in food supply chains - An empirical investigation

International Journal of Logistics Systems and Management

Volumn 3, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 215-234

  Abukhader, Sajed M ^a   Jonson, Gunilla ^b  

^a KING KHALID UNIVERSITY   (Saudi Arabia)

^b LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Centralisation; Food postponement; Food supply chains; Order penetration point; Packaging postponement; Postponement; Produce to order; Supply chain management

Indexed keywords

EID: 33847007376     PISSN: 17427967     EISSN: 17427975     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1504/IJLSM.2007.011822     Document Type: Article

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