The differential impact of product complexity, inventory level, and configuration capacity on unit and order fill rate performance

Journal of Operations Management

Volumn 28, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 47-57

  Closs, David J ^a   Nyaga, Gilbert N ^b   Voss, M Douglas ^c  

^a MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NORTHEASTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CENTRAL ARKANSAS   (United States)

Author keywords

Capacity management; Inventory management; Operations strategy; Product complexity; Simulation

Indexed keywords

CAPACITY MANAGEMENT; CONTROL VARIABLE; ELECTRONICS MANUFACTURERS; FILL RATE; INTERACTIVE EFFECT; INVENTORY LEVELS; INVENTORY MANAGEMENT; PRODUCT COMPLEXITY; SERVICE PERFORMANCE; SIMULATION MODEL;

INVENTORY CONTROL;

SIMULATORS;

EID: 71349087299     PISSN: 02726963     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jom.2009.04.003     Document Type: Article

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