Price, delivery time guarantees and capacity selection

European Journal of Operational Research

Volumn 111, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 28-49

  So, Kut C ^a,b   Song, Jing Sheng ^c  

^a HONG KONG POLYTECHNIC UNIVERSITY   (Hong Kong)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c Columbia University ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

Capacity planning; Service guarantees; Service quality; Time based competition

Indexed keywords

COMPETITION; JUST IN TIME PRODUCTION; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; OPTIMIZATION; STRATEGIC PLANNING;

SERVICE INDUSTRY; TIME-BASED COMPETITION;

INDUSTRIAL MANAGEMENT;

EID: 0032210055     PISSN: 03772217     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0377-2217(97)00314-7     Document Type: Article

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