Demand forecasting and order planning for humanitarian logistics: An empirical assessment

Journal of Operations Management

Volumn 45, Issue , 2016, Pages 114-122

  van der Laan, Erwin ^a   van Dalen, Jan ^a   Rohrmoser, Michael ^a   Simpson, Rob ^b  

^a ERASMUS UNIVERSITY ROTTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^b MÉDECINS SANS FRONTIÈRES   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Demand forecasting; Empirical analysis; Humanitarian logistics; Order planning

Indexed keywords

DEMAND FORECASTING; DEMAND PLANNING; EMERGENCY RELIEF; EMPIRICAL ANALYSIS; EMPIRICAL ASSESSMENT; FORECASTING METHODS; HUMANITARIAN AIDS; HUMANITARIAN LOGISTICS; LONG-TERM PROJECTS; ORDER PLANNING;

FORECASTING;

EID: 84982182578     PISSN: 02726963     EISSN: 18731317     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jom.2016.05.004     Document Type: Article

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