Determinants of successful vendor managed inventory practice in oligopoly industries

International Journal of Integrated Supply Management

Volumn 4, Issue 3-4, 2008, Pages 355-377

  Deakins, Eric ^a   Dorling, Kim ^b   Scott, John ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WAIKATO   (New Zealand)

^b Griffins Foods Ltd   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Food industries; Integrated supply management; New Zealand; NZ; Oligopoly industries; Supply chain management; Vendor managed inventory; VMI

Indexed keywords

EID: 54349085626     PISSN: 14775360     EISSN: 17418097     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1504/IJISM.2008.020759     Document Type: Article

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