Variation in production schedules - implications for both the company and its suppliers

Journal of Materials Processing Technology

Volumn 103, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 155-159

  Griffiths, J ^a   Margetts, D ^a  

^a Univ of Ctrl England Bus School   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AUTOMOTIVE INDUSTRY; COMPETITION; COSTS; QUALITY ASSURANCE; SCHEDULING; STRATEGIC PLANNING;

FIT POINT LOSSES; HIGHLY COMPETITIVE INDUSTRIES; MASS CUSTOMISATION; ORIGINAL EQUIPMENT MANUFACTURERS;

PRODUCTION;

EID: 0033742891     PISSN: 09240136     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0924-0136(00)00408-8     Document Type: Article

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