Production planning process for a network of firms in the textile-apparel industry

International Journal of Production Economics

Volumn 65, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 17-32

  De Toni, Alberto ^a   Meneghetti, Antonella ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF UDINE   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BENCHMARKING; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DATA REDUCTION; DECISION THEORY; INDUSTRIAL ECONOMICS; INVENTORY CONTROL; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PROCESS ENGINEERING; SCHEDULING; STRATEGIC PLANNING; TEXTILE INDUSTRY;

PRODUCTION PLANNING PROCESS; TEXTILE-APPAREL INDUSTRY;

JUST IN TIME PRODUCTION;

EID: 0033899685     PISSN: 09255273     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0925-5273(99)00087-0     Document Type: Article

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