Decision support for the scheduling of subcontract manufacture

International Journal of Operations and Production Management

Volumn 20, Issue 10, 2000, Pages 1218-1237

  Webster, Margaret ^a   Muhlemann, Alan P ^a   Alder, Chris ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRADFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Decision support systems; Electronics industry; Manufacturing; Outsourcing; Small to medium sized enterprises; Subcontracting

Indexed keywords

EID: 3543068155     PISSN: 01443577     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/01443570010343753     Document Type: Article

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