Theory of constraints for recycling automobile tyres in the reverse logistics system

International Journal of Integrated Supply Management

Volumn 5, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 158-172

  Yang, Yuxiang ^a   Min, Hokey ^b   Zhou, Gengui ^a  

^a ZHEJIANG UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (China)

^b BOWLING GREEN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

linear programming; reverse logistics; supply chain; theory of constraints; TOC

Indexed keywords

EID: 84862188425     PISSN: 14775360     EISSN: 17418097     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1504/IJISM.2009.029359     Document Type: Article

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