Vendor-Managed Inventory Practice in the Supermarket Supply Chain

International Journal of Food Engineering

Volumn 12, Issue 9, 2016, Pages 827-834

  Laganà, Demetrio ^a   Longo, Francesco ^a   Vocaturo, Francesca ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALABRIA   (Italy)

Author keywords

heuristic algorithm; integrated logistics; inventory routing problem; supply chain management

Indexed keywords

HEURISTIC ALGORITHMS; HEURISTIC METHODS; LOGISTICS; NUMERICAL METHODS; RETAIL STORES; SALES;

COORDINATION MECHANISMS; DISTRIBUTION CENTERS; INTEGRATED LOGISTICS; INVENTORY ROUTING PROBLEMS; LOGISTIC SYSTEMS; NUMERICAL RESULTS; REAL APPLICATIONS; VENDOR MANAGED INVENTORY;

SUPPLY CHAIN MANAGEMENT;

EID: 85007605357     PISSN: 21945764     EISSN: 15563758     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1515/ijfe-2016-0067     Document Type: Article

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