Aggregate planning for seasonal demand: Reconciling theory with practice

International Journal of Operations and Production Management

Volumn 25, Issue 11, 2005, Pages 1083-1100

  Buxey, Geoff ^a  

^a DEAKIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Corporate strategy; Production planning; Productive capacity

Indexed keywords

EID: 27144435498     PISSN: 01443577     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/01443570510626907     Document Type: Article

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