An aggregate production planning framework for the evaluation of volume flexibility

Production Planning and Control

Volumn 9, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 127-137

  Khouza, Moutaz ^a  

^a Belk College of Business   (United States)

Author keywords

Production planning; Volume flexibility

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; FLEXIBLE MANUFACTURING SYSTEMS; MARKETING; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MONTE CARLO METHODS; STRATEGIC PLANNING;

AGGREGATE PRODUCTION PLANNING; VOLUME FLEXIBILITY;

PRODUCTION CONTROL;

EID: 0032017521     PISSN: 09537287     EISSN: 13665871     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/095372898234343     Document Type: Article

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