Generally configured supply chain with flexible local control strategies

International Journal of Production Research

Volumn 41, Issue 12, 2003, Pages 2817-2838

  Xiaobo, Zhao ^a   Gong, Q ^b   Wang, J ^a  

^a TSINGHUA UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHMS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; OPERATIONS RESEARCH; QUEUEING NETWORKS;

SUPPLY CHAIN MANAGEMENT;

PRODUCTION ENGINEERING;

EID: 0242301618     PISSN: 00207543     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/0020754031000088192     Document Type: Article

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