Assessing the Benefits of Different Stock-Allocation Policies for a Make-to-Stock Production System

Manufacturing and Service Operations Management

Volumn 3, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 105-121

  De Véricourt, Francis ^a   Karaesmen, Fikri ^a   Dallery, Yves ^a  

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Author keywords

Inventory Production: Optimal Policies, Stock Allocation; Queues: Make to Stock System

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EID: 0012444276     PISSN: 15234614     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1287/msom.3.2.105.9988     Document Type: Article

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