Inventory management support systems for emergency humanitarian relief operations in South Sudan

The International Journal of Logistics Management

Volumn 17, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 187-212

  Beamon, Benita M ^a   Kotleba, Stephen A ^a  

^a University of Washington   (United States)

Author keywords

Emergency services; Inventory management; Simulation; Sudan

Indexed keywords

EID: 84986161355     PISSN: 09574093     EISSN: 17586550     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/09574090610689952     Document Type: Article

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