Item dwell time in project inventories: A field experiment

Computers in Industry

Volumn 62, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 99-106

  Holmström, Jan ^a   Tenhiälä, Antti ^b   Kärkkäinen, Mikko ^c  

^a AALTO UNIVERSITY   (Finland)

^b IE BUSINESS SCHOOL   (Spain)

^c Relex Ltd   (Finland)

Author keywords

Inventory metrics; Item dwell time alerts; Project management; Supply chain management

Indexed keywords

CAPITAL INVESTMENT; DWELL TIME; FIELD EXPERIMENT; INVENTORY HOLDING; INVENTORY METRICS; INVENTORY TURNOVER; ITEM DWELL-TIME ALERTS; PROJECT DELIVERY; PROJECT PERFORMANCE; PROJECT SITE; TELECOMMUNICATIONS INFRASTRUCTURES;

INVESTMENTS; OBSOLESCENCE; PROJECT MANAGEMENT; SUPPLY CHAINS; TIME MEASUREMENT;

SUPPLY CHAIN MANAGEMENT;

EID: 78649455477     PISSN: 01663615     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.compind.2010.07.004     Document Type: Article

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