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Author: | Sodhi, M.S. |
Title: | Applications and opportunities for operations research in Internet-enabled supply chains and electronic marketplaces |
Journal: | Interfaces
2001 : MAR-APR. VOL. 31:2, p. 56-69 |
Index terms: | INTERNET OPERATIONAL RESEARCH |
Freeterms: | SUPPLY CHAINS |
Language: | eng |
Abstract: | The Internet is creating opportunities to apply optimization. Firms can use operations research (OR) to improve their supply-chain performance within the enterprise whether their supply chains are being Internet-enabled or not. They can increase benefits by using OR to improve planning and execution in Internet-enabled supply chains with an expanded physical scope that includes vendors and customers and with an expanded functional scope that includes product design, marketing, and customer-relationship management. |
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