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Vendor-managed inventory: a review based on dimensions

Kannan Govindan Department of Business and Economics, University of Southern Denmark, Odense, 5230 DenmarkCorrespondence[email protected]
Pages 3808-3835 | Received 21 Dec 2011, Accepted 07 Nov 2012, Published online: 25 Mar 2013

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