Linking service level, inventory management and warehousing practices: A case-based managerial analysis

Operations Management Research

Volumn 4, Issue 1-2, 2011, Pages 28-38

  Gallmann, Francesco ^a   Belvedere, Valeria ^a  

^a BOCCONI UNIVERSITY   (Italy)

Author keywords

Inventory; Logistics; Performance; Service level; Stock management; Warehousing

Indexed keywords

EID: 79955470209     PISSN: 19369735     EISSN: 19369743     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12063-010-0043-1     Document Type: Article

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