A critical analysis of vendor managed inventory in the grocery supply chain

International Journal of Integrated Supply Management

Volumn 7, Issue 1-3, 2012, Pages 138-166

  Mangiaracina, Riccardo ^a   Melacini, Marco ^a   Perego, Alessandro ^a  

^a POLITECNICO DI MILANO   (Italy)

Author keywords

Collaboration within supply chain; Critical analysis; Grocery supply chain; Integrated supply management; Simulation model; Vendor managed inventory; VMI

Indexed keywords

EID: 84871284364     PISSN: 14775360     EISSN: 17418097     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1504/IJISM.2012.051052     Document Type: Article

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