Cost-effective inventory control in a value-added manufacturing system

European Journal of Operational Research

Volumn 196, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 534-543

  Liu, Xiaoming ^a   Lian, Zhaotong ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MACAU   (Macao)

Author keywords

Distributed manufacturing system; Inventory; Inventory queue; Value added production

Indexed keywords

COST EFFECTIVENESS; COSTS; MANUFACTURE;

DIFFERENTIATED PRODUCTS; DISTRIBUTED MANUFACTURING SYSTEMS; FINISHED PRODUCTS; INVENTORY; INVENTORY CONTROL POLICIES; INVENTORY QUEUE; VALUE-ADDED MANUFACTURING; VALUE-ADDED PRODUCTION;

INVENTORY CONTROL;

EID: 58149216513     PISSN: 03772217     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ejor.2008.04.001     Document Type: Article

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