On the complementary value of accurate demand information and production and supplier flexibility

Manufacturing and Service Operations Management

Volumn 4, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 99-113

  Milner, Joseph M ^a   Kouvelis, Panos ^a  

^a WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY IN ST LOUIS   (United States)

Author keywords

Bayesian Forecasting; Flexibility; Lead Time; Supply Chain Management

Indexed keywords

FORECASTING; INFORMATION SCIENCE; INVENTORY CONTROL; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PRODUCTION CONTROL;

DEMAND FORECASTING; SUPPLY CHAIN MANAGEMENT;

MANAGEMENT SCIENCE;

EID: 0036520553     PISSN: 15234614     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1287/msom.4.2.99.283     Document Type: Article

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