Operating environment-based spare parts forecasting and logistics: a case study

International Journal of Logistics Research and Applications

Volumn 8, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 95-105

  Ghodrati, Behzad ^a   Kumar, Uday ^a  

^a LULEÅ UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Logistics; Operating environment; Product support; Reliability; Spare parts

Indexed keywords

EID: 34848897389     PISSN: 13675567     EISSN: 1469848X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13675560512331338189     Document Type: Article

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