Impact of unit load size on in-plant materials supply efficiency

International Journal of Production Economics

Volumn 147, Issue PART A, 2014, Pages 46-52

  Hanson, Robin ^a   Finnsgård, Christian ^a  

^a CHALMERS UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

In plant materials supply; Materials flow; Milk run deliveries; Supply chain; Unit load size

Indexed keywords

ASSEMBLY PLANTS; DELIVERY FREQUENCY; MATERIALS FLOW; MATERIALS SUPPLIES; MILK-RUN DELIVERIES; TIME EFFICIENCIES; UNIT LOAD SIZE;

EFFICIENCY; PALLETS; PLASTIC CONTAINERS; SUPPLY CHAINS;

MATERIALS;

EID: 84889079764     PISSN: 09255273     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijpe.2012.08.010     Document Type: Article

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