The incremental value of central control in serial supply chains

International Journal of Production Research

Volumn 52, Issue 7, 2014, Pages 1989-2006

  Salzarulo, Peter A ^a   Jacobs, F Robert ^b  

^a MIAMI UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Central control; Supply chain management; Value of information; Vendor managed inventory

Indexed keywords

MANUFACTURE; SUPPLY CHAIN MANAGEMENT; SUPPLY CHAINS;

CENTRAL CONTROL; COMPUTATIONAL ANALYSIS; FULL INFORMATIONS; INFORMATION SHARING; INVENTORY INFORMATION; PROBABILITY MODELS; VALUE OF INFORMATION; VENDOR MANAGED INVENTORY;

INFORMATION ANALYSIS;

EID: 84902550763     PISSN: 00207543     EISSN: 1366588X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00207543.2013.842014     Document Type: Article

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