Analyzing the efficient execution of in-store logistics processes in grocery retailing - The case of dairy products

Production and Operations Management

Volumn 22, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 924-939

  Reiner, Gerald ^a   Teller, Christoph ^b   Kotzab, Herbert ^c,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEUCHÂTEL   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SURREY   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BREMEN   (Germany)

^d GLASGOW CALEDONIAN UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

data envelopment analysis; grocery retailing; in store logistics; process simulation

Indexed keywords

EID: 84880710112     PISSN: 10591478     EISSN: 19375956     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/poms.12003     Document Type: Article

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