Optimal operating policies for multiplant stochastic manufacturing systems in a changing environment

Management Science

Volumn 47, Issue 11, 2001, Pages 1539-1551

  Li, Lode ^a,b,c   Porteus, Evan L ^a,b,c   Zhang, Hongtao ^a,b,c  

^a YALE SCHOOL OF MANAGEMENT   (United States)

^b STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c HONG KONG UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Exchange Rate; Global Manufacturing; Multiplant Operations; Optimal Policy; Production Inventory

Indexed keywords

COMPETITION; INVENTORY CONTROL; PRODUCTION; PUBLIC POLICY; RANDOM PROCESSES;

STOCHASTIC MANUFACTURING SYSTEMS;

INDUSTRIAL PLANTS;

EID: 0035521232     PISSN: 00251909     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1287/mnsc.47.11.1539.10251     Document Type: Article

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