Theory of constraints and outsourcing decisions

International Journal of Manufacturing Technology and Management

Volumn 3, Issue 6, 2001, Pages 517-527

  Hilmola, Olli Pekka ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TURKU   (Finland)

Author keywords

outsourcing; product mix decisions; Theory of constraints; throughput accounting

Indexed keywords

EID: 19344367866     PISSN: 13682148     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1504/IJMTM.2001.001427     Document Type: Article

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