The five Ss of retail operations: A model and tool for improvement

International Journal of Retail & Distribution Management

Volumn 31, Issue 10, 2003, Pages 518-528

  Pal, John W ^a   Byrom, John W ^a  

^a MANCHESTER METROPOLITAN UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Cause and effect analysis; Operations management; Problem solving; Retailing

Indexed keywords

EID: 84986099021     PISSN: 09590552     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/09590550310497049     Document Type: Article

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