The appeal of partially centralised purchasing policies

International Journal of Procurement Management

Volumn 1, Issue 1-2, 2007, Pages 117-143

  Munson, Charles L ^a  

^a WASHINGTON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Computational analysis; Heuristics; Inventory; Purchasing; Quantity discounts

Indexed keywords

EID: 70349272669     PISSN: 17538432     EISSN: 17538440     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1504/IJPM.2007.015358     Document Type: Article

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