The backroom effect in retail operations

Production and Operations Management

Volumn 22, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 915-923

  Eroglu, Cuneyt ^a   Williams, Brent D ^b   Waller, Matthew A ^b  

^a NORTHEASTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ARKANSAS   (United States)

Author keywords

backroom effect; case pack quantity; inventory management; reorder point; retail operations

Indexed keywords

EID: 84880724508     PISSN: 10591478     EISSN: 19375956     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1937-5956.2012.01393.x     Document Type: Article

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