Analysis of an industrial component commonality problem

European Journal of Operational Research

Volumn 186, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 801-811

  Jans, Raf ^a   Degraeve, Zeger ^b   Schepens, Luc ^c  

^a ERASMUS UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b LONDON BUSINESS SCHOOL   (United Kingdom)

^c OM Partners nv   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Application; Assortment problem; Case study; Component commonality; Component sharing; Manufacturing

Indexed keywords

COST REDUCTION; DECISION MAKING; MARKETING; OPERATING COSTS; OPTIMIZATION; PROFITABILITY;

ASSORTMENT PROBLEM; COMPONENT COMMONALITY PROBLEM; COMPONENT SHARING; PRICE ELASTICITY;

PROBLEM SOLVING;

EID: 35348946887     PISSN: 03772217     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ejor.2007.01.008     Document Type: Article

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