Smart vending machine systems: Operation and performance

European Journal of Industrial Engineering

Volumn 9, Issue 4, 2015, Pages 409-431

  Park, Yang Byung ^a   Park, Hae Soo ^a  

^a Kyung Hee University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Operation problem; Performance analysis; Product allocation; Smart vending machine system; Vendor managed inventory

Indexed keywords

DECISION MAKING; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS;

OPERATION PROBLEM; PERFORMANCE ANALYSIS; PRODUCT ALLOCATIONS; SMART VENDING MACHINE SYSTEM; VENDOR MANAGED INVENTORY;

VENDING MACHINES;

EID: 84936767157     PISSN: 17515254     EISSN: 17515262     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1504/EJIE.2015.070321     Document Type: Article

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