Distribution centres in supply chain operations

Logistics Systems: Design and Optimization

Volumn , Issue , 2005, Pages 67-91

  Higginson, James K ^a   Bookbinder, James H ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WINDSOR   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WATERLOO   (Canada)

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EID: 84892290038     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1007/0-387-24977-X_3     Document Type: Chapter

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