Batch scheduling in customer-centric supply chains

Journal of the Operations Research Society of Japan

Volumn 49, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 174-187

  Selvarajah, Esaignani ^a   Steiner, George ^a  

^a MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Batches; Customer centric; Scheduling; Supply chain

Indexed keywords

EID: 37849185313     PISSN: 04534514     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.15807/jorsj.49.174     Document Type: Article

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