Pre-storm emergency supplies inventory planning

Journal of Humanitarian Logistics and Supply Chain Management

Volumn 1, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 50-77

  Lodree, Emmett J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA   (United States)

Author keywords

Demand forecasting; Economic order quantities; Humanitarian logistics; Inventory control; Storms

Indexed keywords

EID: 84868673594     PISSN: 20426747     EISSN: 20426755     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/20426741111122411     Document Type: Article

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