Uncertainty, flexibility and buffers in the management of the firm operating system

Production Planning and Control

Volumn 7, Issue 5, 1996, Pages 518-528

  Caputo, Mauro ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PISA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Buffers; Flexibility; Operations management; Production and inventory planning and control; Uncertainty

Indexed keywords

INVENTORY CONTROL; MANAGEMENT; PRODUCTION CONTROL; SYSTEMS ANALYSIS; TECHNOLOGY;

BUFFERS; FLEXIBILITY; UNCERTAINTY;

INDUSTRIAL PLANTS;

EID: 0030241606     PISSN: 09537287     EISSN: 13665871     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09537289608930381     Document Type: Article

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