The effect of product variety on supply-chain performance

European Journal of Operational Research

Volumn 143, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 548-569

  Thonemann, Ulrich W ^a   Bradley, James R ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MÜNSTER   (Germany)

^b The Samuel Curtis Johnson Graduate School of Management   (United States)

Author keywords

Inventory; Optimization; Product variety; Production; Supply chain management

Indexed keywords

ASYMPTOTIC STABILITY; COSTS; DECISION MAKING; FUNCTIONS; OPTIMAL CONTROL SYSTEMS;

SUPPLY CHAIN MANAGEMENT;

INVENTORY CONTROL;

EID: 0037121480     PISSN: 03772217     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0377-2217(01)00343-5     Document Type: Article

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