Production control with backlog-dependent demand

IIE Transactions (Institute of Industrial Engineers)

Volumn 41, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 511-523

  Gershwin, Stanley B ^a   Tan, Baris ^b   Veatch, Michael H ^c  

^a Massachusetts Institute of Technology   (United States)

^b KOÇ UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^c GORDON COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

Backlog dependent demand; Customer defection; Hedging point policy; Inventory control; Manufacturing systems analysis; Optimal flow control; Production control; Production systems; Stochastic control

Indexed keywords

CUSTOMER DEFECTION; CUSTOMER DEFECTIONS; HEDGING POINT; MANUFACTURING SYSTEM; MANUFACTURING SYSTEMS ANALYSIS; OPTIMAL FLOW CONTROL; PRODUCTION SYSTEM; STOCHASTIC CONTROL;

FLOW CONTROL; INVENTORY CONTROL; OPTIMIZATION; PROCESS CONTROL; PRODUCTION CONTROL; PRODUCTION ENGINEERING; SALES; STOCHASTIC CONTROL SYSTEMS; STOCHASTIC SYSTEMS; SYSTEMS ANALYSIS;

CUSTOMER SATISFACTION;

EID: 74849132554     PISSN: 0740817X     EISSN: 15458830     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/07408170801975040     Document Type: Article

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