Improving Performance of Rural Supply Chains Using Mobile Phones: Reducing Information Asymmetry to Improve Stock Availability in Low-resource Environments.
Arun RamanujapuramAnup AkkihalPublished in: ACM DEV (2014)
Keyphrases
- mobile phone
- supply chain
- supply chain management
- mobile devices
- information asymmetry
- mobile users
- mobile learning
- smart phones
- discrete event simulation
- inventory management
- service level
- trading partners
- inventory policy
- mobile applications
- text entry
- resource allocation
- operating costs
- mobile phone users
- decision making
- lead time
- bullwhip effect
- short message service