The costs of increased localization for a multiple-product food supply chain: Dairy in the United States

Food Policy

Volumn 36, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 300-310

  Nicholson, Charles F ^a,b   Gómez, Miguel I ^b   Gao, Oliver H ^c  

^a CALIFORNIA POLYTECHNIC STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Cornell University ^*  (United States)

^c School of Operations Research and Industrial Engineering   (United States)

Author keywords

Dairy supply chains; Localization; Transshipment models

Indexed keywords

DAIRY FARMING; FOOD SUPPLY; MODELING; PRODUCTION COST; SPATIAL ANALYSIS; TRADE-OFF;

UNITED STATES;

EID: 79952317136     PISSN: 03069192     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.foodpol.2010.11.028     Document Type: Article

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