Managing flexible capacity in a make-to-order environment

Management Science

Volumn 51, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 167-180

  Bish, Ebru K ^a   Muriel, Ana ^b,c   Biller, Stephan ^d  

^a VIRGINIA POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE AND STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b University of Massachusetts   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SALAMANCA   (Spain)

^d GENERAL MOTORS CORPORATION   (United States)

Author keywords

Capacity allocation; Demand uncertainty; Operational hedging; Resource flexibility; Supply chain performance

Indexed keywords

CAPACITY ALLOCATION; DEMAND UNCERTAINTY; OPERATIONAL HEDGING; RESOURCE FLEXIBILITY; SUPPLY CHAIN PERFORMANCE;

COSTS; CUSTOMER SATISFACTION; INDUSTRIAL MANAGEMENT; INVESTMENTS; MATERIALS HANDLING; PRODUCTION ENGINEERING; UNCERTAIN SYSTEMS;

FLEXIBLE MANUFACTURING SYSTEMS;

EID: 14944376633     PISSN: 00251909     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1287/mnsc.1040.0322     Document Type: Article

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