Achieving sharp deliveries in supply chains through variance pool allocation

European Journal of Operational Research

Volumn 171, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 227-254

  Garg, D ^a   Narahari, Y ^a   Viswanadham, N ^b  

^a INDIAN INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE   (India)

^b NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Lead time reduction; Process capability indices; Statistical tolerancing; Supply chain management; Variability reduction; Variance pool allocation (VPA)

Indexed keywords

COST EFFECTIVENESS; OPERATIONS RESEARCH; PROBLEM SOLVING; PRODUCT DESIGN; STATISTICAL METHODS; SYNCHRONIZATION;

LEAD TIME REDUCTION; PROCESS CAPABILITY INDICES; STATISTICAL TOLERANCING; SUPPLY CHAIN MANAGEMENT; VARIABILITY REDUCTION; VARIANCE POOL ALLOCATION (VPA);

FLEXIBLE MANUFACTURING SYSTEMS;

EID: 28044435418     PISSN: 03772217     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ejor.2004.08.033     Document Type: Article

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