The costs and benefits of commonality in assemble-to-order systems with a (Q,r)-policy for component replenishment

European Journal of Operational Research

Volumn 141, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 570-586

  Hillier, Mark S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

Commonality; Inventory; Manufacturing

Indexed keywords

COMPETITION; CORRELATION METHODS; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; COSTS; INVENTORY CONTROL; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; RISK ASSESSMENT;

ASSEMBLE-TO-ORDER SYSTEMS;

OPERATIONS RESEARCH;

EID: 0037120624     PISSN: 03772217     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0377-2217(01)00279-X     Document Type: Article

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