Analysing product complexity related to product variety in a manufacturing firm with a case study at an automobile assembly plant

International Journal of Logistics Systems and Management

Volumn 3, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 356-377

  Ding, Fong Yuen ^a   Sun, Hui ^a   Kallaus, John ^b  

^a University of Tennessee   (United States)

^b NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

An automobile plant case study; Data envelopment analysis; Product complexity

Indexed keywords

EID: 34447635263     PISSN: 17427967     EISSN: 17427975     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1504/IJLSM.2007.012999     Document Type: Article

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