Modelling the tradeoff between postponement capacity and forecast accuracy

Production Planning and Control

Volumn 20, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 206-215

  Graman, Gregory A ^a   Sanders, Nada R ^b  

^a MICHIGAN TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b TEXAS CHRISTIAN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Delayed product differentiation; Forecast accuracy; Mathematical modelling; Postponement

Indexed keywords

BEST STRATEGY; COST DIFFERENCES; CUSTOMER DEMANDS; CUSTOMER SERVICE LEVELS; DELAYED PRODUCT DIFFERENTIATION; FORECAST ACCURACY; HOLDING COSTS; HOUSEHOLD GOODS; INVENTORY LEVELS; MANAGERIAL IMPLICATIONS; MATHEMATICAL MODELLING; NUMERICAL EXAMPLE; POSTPONEMENT; PRODUCT DIFFERENTIATION; PRODUCT INVENTORY; SERVICE LEVELS;

COMPUTER SIMULATION; FORECASTING; MATHEMATICAL MODELS;

COSTS;

EID: 67651227009     PISSN: 09537287     EISSN: 13665871     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09537280902799171     Document Type: Article

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