An empirical study of impacts of production mix, product route efficiencies on operations performance and profitability: A reverse logistics approach

International Journal of Production Research

Volumn 48, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 1087-1104

  Weeks, Kelly ^a   Gao, Hongman ^b   Alidaeec, Bahram ^c   Rana, Dharam S ^b  

^a TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY AT GALVESTON   (United States)

^b JACKSON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MISSISSIPPI   (United States)

Author keywords

Operations management; Product route efficiency; Production mix efficiency; Reverse logistics; Supply chain management

Indexed keywords

BUSINESS STRATEGY; EMPIRICAL STUDIES; OPERATIONS MANAGEMENT; POSITIVE EFFECTS; PRODUCT ROUTE EFFICIENCY; PRODUCTION MIX; RESEARCH STUDIES; REVERSE LOGISTICS; SCRAP STEEL; TRANSPORTATION OF GOODS;

IRON AND STEEL PLANTS; LOGISTICS; MARTENSITIC STAINLESS STEEL; PROFITABILITY; STEEL SCRAP; STEELMAKING; STRATEGIC PLANNING; SUPPLY CHAINS;

SUPPLY CHAIN MANAGEMENT;

EID: 74549142952     PISSN: 00207543     EISSN: 1366588X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00207540802566428     Document Type: Article

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