Design of international assembly systems and their supply chains under NAFTA

Transportation Research Part E: Logistics and Transportation Review

Volumn 41, Issue 6 SPEC. ISS., 2005, Pages 467-493

  Wilhelm, Wilbert ^a   Liang, Dong ^a   Rao, Brijesh ^a   Warrier, Deepak ^a   Zhu, Xiaoyan ^a   Bulusu, Sharath ^a  

^a Texas AandM University   (United States)

Author keywords

Designing international assembly systems; Designing international supply chains; Mixed integer programming; Modeling international business considerations; Strategic planning under NAFTA

Indexed keywords

DESIGN; MODELING; NAFTA; TRANSPORTATION SYSTEM;

MEXICO [NORTH AMERICA]; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES; WESTERN HEMISPHERE; WORLD;

EID: 24144499536     PISSN: 13665545     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tre.2005.06.002     Document Type: Article

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