Postponement Effects on Inventory Performance and the Impact of Information Systems

The International Journal of Logistics Management

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 33-48

  Rabinovich, Elliot ^a   Evers, Philip T ^b  

^a ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

Author keywords

Demand; Inventory control; Management information systems; Product differentiation

Indexed keywords

EID: 84993102420     PISSN: 09574093     EISSN: 17586550     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/09574090310806521     Document Type: Article

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