Inventory inaccuracy in retail stores due to theft: An analysis of the benefits of RFID

International Journal of Production Economics

Volumn 118, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 189-198

  Rekik, Yacine ^a   Sahin, Evren ^b   Dallery, Yves ^b  

^a EMLYON BUSINESS SCHOOL   (France)

^b ECOLE CENTRALE PARIS   (France)

Author keywords

Inventory record inaccuracy; Periodic review inventory; RFID; Theft

Indexed keywords

ERRORS; INVENTORY CONTROL;

HOLDING COSTS; INVENTORY INACCURACIES; INVENTORY MANAGERS; INVENTORY POLICIES; INVENTORY RECORD INACCURACY; INVENTORY SYSTEMS; PERIODIC REVIEW INVENTORY; RFID; RFID TECHNOLOGIES; SERVICE-LEVEL CONSTRAINTS; SINGLE STAGES; THEFT; TYPE ERRORS;

RETAIL STORES;

EID: 61649092558     PISSN: 09255273     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijpe.2008.08.048     Document Type: Article

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