Cash-to-cash: The new supply chain management metric

International Journal of Physical Distribution and Logistics Management

Volumn 32, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 288-298

  Farris II, M Theodore ^a   Hutchison, Paul D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH TEXAS   (United States)

Author keywords

Cash flow; Cash management; Measurement; Supply chain management

Indexed keywords

EID: 79961079639     PISSN: 09600035     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/09600030210430651     Document Type: Article

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