Factors influencing the design of build-to-order supply chains

IEEE International Engineering Management Conference

Volumn 3, Issue , 2004, Pages 1269-1272

  Lyons, A C ^a   Coronado Mondragon, A E ^a   Kehoe, D F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LIVERPOOL MANAGEMENT SCHOOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Automotive; Build to order; Supply chains

Indexed keywords

ASSEMBLY; AUTOMOTIVE ENGINEERING; COMPONENTS; COSTS; INDUSTRIAL ECONOMICS; INFORMATION ANALYSIS; INTERNET; INVENTORY CONTROL; PERFORMANCE; PRODUCTION ENGINEERING;

BUILD-TO-ORDER (BTO); JUST-IN-TIME (JIT); MAKE-TO-STOCK (MTS); SUPPLY CHAINS;

MATERIALS HANDLING;

EID: 17644401401     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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