Papers from the 18th NOFOMA conference held in Oslo, Norway, 2006 / guest editors Marianne Jahre and Goran Persson.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Jahre, Marianne.

Persson, Göran.

Series:

International Journal of Physical Distribution & Logistics Management ; 37, no. 2

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Physical distribution of goods--Management.

Physical distribution of goods.

Business logistics.

Physical Description:

88 p.

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Bradford, England : Emerald Group Publishing, c2007.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

This e-book contains five of the best papers from the 18th annual NOFOMA conference, hosted by the Norwegian School of Management in Oslo in 2006. The theme of the conference was 'Logistics in the new valley'. Two articles, on relief logistics and inventory control models respectively, received awards for best papers. Two further articles, a multiple case study of vendor managed inventory and a participant observation study, were considered the best papers written by research students. The final piece investigates the efficiency of supply to an offshore petroleum installation.

Contents:

Cover

CONTENTS

Editorial advisory board

Guest editorial

Humanitarian logistics in disaster relief operations

Inventory control in environments with short lead times

Information exchange in vendor managed inventory

Participant observation in logistics research

Routing of supply vessels to petroleum installations.

Notes:

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

ISBN:

1-280-84749-2

9786610847495

1-84663-397-4

OCLC:

182530545