Vertical flexibility in supply chains

Management Science

Volumn 56, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 495-502

  Hopp, Wallace J ^a   Iravani, Seyed M R ^b   Xu, Wendy Lu ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^b Northwestern University   (United States)

Author keywords

Capacity investment; Flexibility; Supply chain

Indexed keywords

CAPACITY INVESTMENT; DEMAND VARIABILITY; EXPECTED PROFITS; MANUFACTURING PROCESS; PROCESS FLEXIBILITY; SINGLE LEVEL; SINGLE STAGE; SUPPLY CHAIN FLEXIBILITY;

COMPETITION; FLEXIBLE MANUFACTURING SYSTEMS; INVESTMENTS; LOCATION; LOGISTICS; PROFITABILITY; SUPPLY CHAIN MANAGEMENT;

SUPPLY CHAINS;

EID: 77949564361     PISSN: 00251909     EISSN: 15265501     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1287/mnsc.1090.1127     Document Type: Article

References (8)

1. Aprile, D., A. C. Garavelli, I. Giannoccaro. 2005. Operations planning and flexibility in a supply chain. Production Planning Control 16(1) 21-31.
2. Fine, C. H., R. M. Freund. 1990. Optimal investment in product-flexible manufacturing capacity. Management Sci. 36(4) 449-466.
3. Graves, S. C., B. T. Tomlin. 2003. Process flexibility in supply chains. Management Sci. 49(7) 907-919.
4. Gupta, D., Y. Gerchak, J. A. Buzacott. 1992. The optimal mix of flexible and dedicated manufacturing capacities: Hedging against demand uncertainty. Internat. J. Production Econom. 28(3) 309-319.
5. Hopp, W. J., M. L. Spearman. 2008. Factory Physics: Foundations of Manufacturing Management, 3rd ed. McGraw-Hill, New York.
6. Iravani, S. M., M. P. Van Oyen, K. T. Sims. 2005. Structural flexibility: A new perspective on the design of manufacturing and service operations. Management Sci. 51(2) 151-166.
7. Jordan, W. C., S. C. Graves. 1995. Principles on the benefits of manufacturing process flexibility. Management Sci. 41(4) 577-594.
8. Van Mieghem, J. A. 1998. Investment strategies for flexible resources. Management Sci. 44(8) 1071-1078.