The empirical determinants of inventory levels in high-volume manufacturing

Production and Operations Management

Volumn 8, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 44-55

  Lieberman, Marvin B ^b   Helper, Susan ^a   Demeester, Lieven ^b  

^a CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Automotive; Inventory; Jit manufacturing; Supply chain

Indexed keywords

EID: 0039032411     PISSN: 10591478     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1937-5956.1999.tb00060.x     Document Type: Article

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