Commonality and postponement in multistage assembly systems

European Journal of Operational Research

Volumn 142, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 523-538

  Ma, Shihua ^a   Wang, Wei ^a   Liu, Liming ^b  

^a HUAZHONG UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (China)

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

Author keywords

Component commonality; Fill rates; Manufacturing postponement; Multistage assembly systems

Indexed keywords

MULTISTAGE ASSEMBLY SYSTEMS;

COSTS; INVENTORY CONTROL; PRODUCT DEVELOPMENT; PROGRAM ASSEMBLERS; STOCHASTIC CONTROL SYSTEMS;

OPERATIONS RESEARCH;

EID: 0036833069     PISSN: 03772217     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0377-2217(01)00314-9     Document Type: Article

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