The impact of delivery lot splitting on delivery reliability in a two-stage supply chain

International Journal of Production Economics

Volumn 104, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 694-708

  Van Nieuwenhuyse, Inneke ^a   Vandaele, Nico ^b  

^a EHSAL   (Belgium)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ANTWERP   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Lead time reduction; Lot splitting; Production control; Supply chain management

Indexed keywords

APPROXIMATION THEORY; COMMERCE; ESTIMATION; PHILOSOPHICAL ASPECTS; RELIABILITY THEORY; SYSTEM STABILITY;

LEAD TIME REDUCTION; LOT SPLITTING; SHIPMENTS; SUPPLY CHAIN MANAGEMENT;

INDUSTRIAL ECONOMICS;

EID: 33745679872     PISSN: 09255273     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijpe.2005.05.023     Document Type: Article

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