Integrated production/distribution planning in the supply chain: The Febal case study

Supply Chain Management

Volumn 12, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 150-163

  Nonino, Fabio ^a   Panizzolo, Roberto ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF UDINE   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PADOVA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Assembly; Distribution; Italy; Market driven production; Orders and ordering

Indexed keywords

EID: 33947152942     PISSN: 13598546     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/13598540710737334     Document Type: Article

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