Outsourcing prioritized warranty repairs

International Journal of Quality and Reliability Management

Volumn 22, Issue 7, 2005, Pages 699-714

  Buczkowski, Peter S ^a,b   Hartmann, Mark E ^a   Kulkarni, Vidyadhar G ^a,c  

^a University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill   (United States)

^b Walt Disney World   (United States)

^c Department of Statistics and Operations Research ^*

Author keywords

Outsourcing; Resource allocation; Warranties

Indexed keywords

EID: 24944501923     PISSN: 0265671X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/02656710510610848     Document Type: Article

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