Inventory and internal logistics management as critical factors affecting the Supply Chain performances

International Journal of Simulation and Process Modelling

Volumn 5, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 278-288

  Curcio, Duilio ^a   Longo, Francesco ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALABRIA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Design of experiments; DOE; Internal logistics management; Inventory control policies; SC; Simulation; Supply Chain

Indexed keywords

AUTOMOBILES; DESIGN OF EXPERIMENTS; INVENTORY CONTROL; MATERIALS HANDLING EQUIPMENT; SCANDIUM; SUPPLY CHAINS; TRUCKS;

CRITICAL FACTORS; DISTRIBUTION CENTRES; INTERNAL LOGISTICS; INTERNAL RESOURCES; INVENTORY CONTROL POLICIES; SIMULATION; SIMULATION MODEL; SUPPLY CHAIN PERFORMANCE;

SUPPLY CHAIN MANAGEMENT;

EID: 77951014835     PISSN: 17402123     EISSN: 17402131     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1504/IJSPM.2009.032591     Document Type: Article

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