A new location-inventory policy with reverse logistics applied to B2C e-markets of China

International Journal of Production Economics

Volumn 107, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 350-363

  Wang, Ziping ^a   Yao, Dong Qing ^b   Huang, Peiqing ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MILWAUKEE   (United States)

^b TOWSON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c SHANGHAI JIAO TONG UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

B2C; Bi level programming; China; Coordinated inventory policy; Reverse logistics

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER PROGRAMMING; CONSUMER ELECTRONICS; INDUSTRIAL MANAGEMENT; INVENTORY CONTROL; REGIONAL PLANNING; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SUPPLY CHAINS;

BI-LEVEL PROGRAMMING; COORDINATED INVENTORY POLICY; DISTRIBUTION CENTERS (DC); LOCATION-INVENTORY POLICY; REVERSE LOGISTICS;

ELECTRONIC COMMERCE;

EID: 34047111363     PISSN: 09255273     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijpe.2006.09.012     Document Type: Article

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