Performance outcomes and success factors of vendor managed inventory (VMI)

Supply Chain Management

Volumn 13, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 406-414

  Claassen, Marloes J T ^a   Van Weele, Arjan J ^b   Van Raaij, Erik M ^c  

^a IG and H Management Consultants   (Netherlands)

^b EINDHOVEN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Netherlands)

^c ERASMUS UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Buyer seller relationships; Supply chain management; The Netherlands; Vendors

Indexed keywords

EID: 53349099400     PISSN: 13598546     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/13598540810905660     Document Type: Article

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