Evaluation of supply chain business process improvements using simulation

International Journal of Simulation and Process Modelling

Volumn 1, Issue 3-4, 2005, Pages 138-149

  Jain, Sanjay ^a   Ervin, Eric ^b  

^a Northern Virginia Graduate Center   (United States)

^b JB Hunt Transport Incorporated   (United States)

Author keywords

business process; demand planning; e business; inventory management; modelling; simulation; supply chain; supply planning

Indexed keywords

EID: 61449122175     PISSN: 17402123     EISSN: 17402131     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1504/ijspm.2005.007644     Document Type: Article

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