Assessing the impact of perishability and the use of time temperature technologies on inventory management

International Journal of Production Economics

Volumn 143, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 72-85

  Kouki, Chaaben ^a   Sahin, Evren ^a,b   Jemaï, Zied ^a   Dallery, Yves ^a  

^a ECOLE CENTRALE PARIS   (France)

^b IESEG SCHOOL OF MANAGEMENT   (France)

Author keywords

Continuous review policy; Inventory control; Perishable products; Time temperature integrators; Undershoot

Indexed keywords

CONTINUOUS REVIEW POLICIES; COST IMPROVEMENTS; INVENTORY MANAGEMENT; INVENTORY MODELS; INVENTORY SYSTEMS; PERISHABLE PRODUCT; TIME TEMPERATURE; UNDERSHOOT;

TECHNOLOGY;

INVENTORY CONTROL;

EID: 84876129463     PISSN: 09255273     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijpe.2010.09.032     Document Type: Article

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