Managing slow-moving perishables in the grocery industry

Production and Operations Management

Volumn 17, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 513-521

  Ketzenberg, Michael ^a   Ferguson, Mark E ^b  

^a TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b GEORGIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

Perishable inventory; Supply chain management; Value of information; Vendor managed inventory

Indexed keywords

EID: 54349105180     PISSN: 10591478     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3401/poms.1080.0052     Document Type: Article

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