The complexity of mass customization systems under different inventory strategies

International Journal of Computer Integrated Manufacturing

Volumn 19, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 423-433

  Zhang, T ^a   Efstathiou, J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Complexity; Inventory location strategy; Inventory strategies; Mass customization

Indexed keywords

INFORMATION ANALYSIS; LARGE SCALE SYSTEMS; MANAGEMENT INFORMATION SYSTEMS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PARAMETER ESTIMATION;

INVENTORY LOCATION STRATEGY; INVENTORY STRATEGIES; MASS CUSTOMIZATION;

COMPUTER INTEGRATED MANUFACTURING;

EID: 33745683965     PISSN: 0951192X     EISSN: 13623052     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09511920500399011     Document Type: Article

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