Large-scale Internet benchmarking: Technology and application in warehousing operations

Computers in Industry

Volumn 61, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 280-286

  Johnson, Andy ^a   Chen, Wen Chih ^b   McGinnis, Leon F ^c  

^a Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering   (United States)

^b NATIONAL CHIAO TUNG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^c Georgia Institute of Technology   (United States)

Author keywords

Benchmarking; Data envelopment analysis; Internet tools; Performance measurement; Warehousing

Indexed keywords

BENCHMARKING DATA; BENCHMARKING METHODOLOGY; DATA COLLECTION; INTERNET TECHNOLOGY; INTERNET TOOLS; MEASURING PERFORMANCE; PERFORMANCE MEASUREMENTS; RELATIVE PERFORMANCE;

DATA ENVELOPMENT ANALYSIS; DATA HANDLING; DATA WAREHOUSES; INTERNET; MEASUREMENTS; WAREHOUSES;

BENCHMARKING;

EID: 75949124114     PISSN: 01663615     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.compind.2009.10.006     Document Type: Article

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