The optimal quantity of quick response manufacturing for an onshore and offshore sourcing model

International Journal of Logistics Research and Applications

Volumn 8, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 125-141

  Warburton, Roger D H ^a,b   Stratton, Roy ^c  

^a Griffin Manufacturing   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS DARTMOUTH   (United States)

^c NOTTINGHAM TRENT UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Delayed differentiation; Forecasts; Newsvendor algorithm; Quick response

Indexed keywords

EID: 37549047352     PISSN: 13675567     EISSN: 1469848X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13675560500166798     Document Type: Article

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