Speed versus reliability trade-offs in supplier selection

International Journal of Procurement Management

Volumn 1, Issue 1-2, 2007, Pages 238-259

  Hu, Jianli ^a   Munson, Charles L ^b  

^a CHAPMAN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b WASHINGTON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Computational analysis; Inventory; Lead times; Purchasing; Supplier selection

Indexed keywords

EID: 77952517398     PISSN: 17538432     EISSN: 17538440     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1504/IJPM.2007.015364     Document Type: Article

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