A study on the cost of operational complexity in customer-supplier systems

International Journal of Production Economics

Volumn 106, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 217-229

  Wu, Y ^a   Frizelle, G ^b   Efstathiou, J ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EXETER   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Complexity; Entropy; Operational cost; Simulation; Supply chain

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; ENTROPY; INVENTORY CONTROL; PRODUCTION CONTROL;

OPERATIONAL COMPLEXITY; OPERATIONAL COSTS; SUPPLIER CUSTOMER SYSTEMS; SUPPLY CHAIN;

OPERATIONS RESEARCH;

EID: 33845481798     PISSN: 09255273     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijpe.2006.06.004     Document Type: Article

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