Inventory management: Is there a knock-on effect?

International Journal of Production Economics

Volumn 93-94, Issue SPEC.ISS., 2005, Pages 129-138

  Vastag, Gyula ^a   Whybark, D Clay ^b  

^a INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

Author keywords

Competitive advantage; Large scale survey research; Manufacturing and inventory practices

Indexed keywords

LARGE SCALE SYSTEMS; MANUFACTURE; QUALITY CONTROL; RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT MANAGEMENT; SURVEYING;

COMPETITIVE ADVANTAGE; INVENTORY MANAGEMENT; LARGE-SCALE SURVEY RESEARCH; MANUFACTURING AND INVENTORY PRACTICES;

INVENTORY CONTROL;

EID: 9544248667     PISSN: 09255273     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijpe.2004.06.011     Document Type: Conference Paper

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