A manufacturing decision framework for minimizing inventory costs of a configurable off-shored product using postponement

International Journal of Production Research

Volumn 47, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 143-162

  Kumar, S ^a   Wilson, J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ST THOMAS   (United States)

Author keywords

Decision support framework; Inventory; Manufacturing flexibility; Off shoring; Outsourcing; Postponement

Indexed keywords

DECISION SUPPORT SYSTEMS; DISTRIBUTION OF GOODS; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS;

DECISION SUPPORT FRAMEWORK; INVENTORY; MANUFACTURING FLEXIBILITY; OFF-SHORING; POSTPONEMENT;

OUTSOURCING;

EID: 56349086462     PISSN: 00207543     EISSN: 1366588X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00207540701477792     Document Type: Article

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