Coordinating supply chains by controlling upstream variability propagation

Manufacturing and Service Operations Management

Volumn 6, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 163-183

  Balakrishnan, Anantaram ^a   Geunes, Joseph ^b   Pangburn, Michael S ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

^b University of Florida   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OREGON   (United States)

Author keywords

Collaborative fulfillment; Distribution systems; Inventory control; Order smoothing; Supply chain coordination; Variability reduction

Indexed keywords

COLLABORATIVE FULFILLMENT; DISTRIBUTED SYSTEMS; ORDER SMOOTHING; SUPPLY CHAIN COORDINATION; VARIABILITY REDUCTION;

COSTS; CUSTOMER SATISFACTION; DISTRIBUTED COMPUTER SYSTEMS; INDUSTRIAL ECONOMICS; PRODUCTIVITY; PUBLIC POLICY; TRANSPORTATION;

INVENTORY CONTROL;

EID: 25144472162     PISSN: 15234614     EISSN: 15265498     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1287/msom.1030.0031     Document Type: Article

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