Case study: Optimizing order fulfillment in a global retail supply chain

International Journal of Production Economics

Volumn 127, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 278-291

  Amer, Yousef ^a   Luong, Lee ^a   Lee, Sang Heon ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

Design for six sigma; Fuzzy logic; Order fulfillment; Performance measurement; Process control; Supply chain management

Indexed keywords

BUSINESS OUTCOMES; CHANNEL SEPARATION; CUSTOMER REQUIREMENTS; DESIGN FOR SIX SIGMA; MONITOR AND CONTROL; MONITORING AND CONTROLLING; OPTIMIZATION MODELS; ORDER FULFILLMENT; ORDER FULFILLMENT PROCESS; PERFORMANCE MEASUREMENTS; RETAIL SUPPLY CHAIN; STOCK OUTS; SUPPLY CHAIN DESIGN; SUPPLY CHAIN PARTNERS; SUPPLY-CHAIN INTEGRATION;

DESIGN; FUZZY LOGIC; FUZZY SYSTEMS; OPTIMIZATION; PROCESS CONTROL; RETAIL STORES; SALES; SUPPLY CHAINS; WORK SIMPLIFICATION;

SUPPLY CHAIN MANAGEMENT;

EID: 77956056200     PISSN: 09255273     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijpe.2009.08.020     Document Type: Article

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