Vendor managed inventory (VMI): evidences from lean deployment in healthcare

Strategic Outsourcing: An International Journal

Volumn 6, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 8-24

  Machado Guimarães, Cristina ^a   Crespo de Carvalho, José ^a   Maia, Ana ^b  

^a INSTITUTO UNIVERSITÁRIO DE LISBOA ISCTE IUL   (Portugal)

^b Vila Nova de Gaia/Espinho Hospital Centre   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Design; Innovation; New business or process or operations models; Process design; Service design; Supplier or partner selection

Indexed keywords

EID: 84993111650     PISSN: 17538297     EISSN: 17538300     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/17538291311316045     Document Type: Article

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