The effect of labour costs, holding costs, and uncertainty in demand on pull inventory control policies

International Journal of Production Research

Volumn 34, Issue 6, 1996, Pages 1725-1738

  Clendenen, G W ^a   Rinks, D B ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT TYLER   (United States)

^b LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; COSTS; DECISION MAKING; MANUFACTURE; PLANNING; SCHEDULING;

HOLDING COSTS; LABOUR COSTS; PULL INVENTORY CONTROL; UNCERTAINTY;

INVENTORY CONTROL;

EID: 0030173507     PISSN: 00207543     EISSN: 1366588X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00207549608904993     Document Type: Article

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