Good buy? Delaying end-of-life purchases

European Journal of Operational Research

Volumn 146, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 216-228

  Cattani, Kyle D ^a   Souza, Gilvan C ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

Author keywords

Inventory; Supply chain management

Indexed keywords

COSTS; INVENTORY CONTROL; PRODUCT DEVELOPMENT; PRODUCTION CONTROL;

SUPPLY CHAIN MANAGEMENT;

OPERATIONS RESEARCH;

EID: 0037375264     PISSN: 03772217     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0377-2217(02)00212-6     Document Type: Article

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