Flexibility in logistic systems - Modeling and performance evaluation

International Journal of Production Economics

Volumn 85, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 155-170

  Barad, M ^a   Sapir, D Evan ^b  

^a TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Design of experiments; Flexibility; Logistics; Performance measures

Indexed keywords

COSTS; CUSTOMER SATISFACTION; INDUSTRIAL ECONOMICS; LOGISTICS; PERFORMANCE; SIMULATION;

INDUSTRIAL LOGISTICS;

PRODUCTION CONTROL;

EID: 0038451593     PISSN: 09255273     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0925-5273(03)00107-5     Document Type: Conference Paper

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