Variability reduction through operations reversal

Management Science

Volumn 44, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 162-172

  Lee, Hau L ^a   Tang, Christopher S ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

Operations Sequencing; Process Design; Restructuring

Indexed keywords

COST EFFECTIVENESS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PROCESS ENGINEERING; PRODUCT DESIGN; SCHEDULING;

OPERATIONS SEQUENCING; PROCESS DESIGN; PRODUCTION RESTRUCTURING;

PRODUCTION CONTROL;

EID: 0031996860     PISSN: 00251909     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1287/mnsc.44.2.162     Document Type: Article

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