Make to stock and mix to order: Choosing intermediate products in the food-processing industry

International Journal of Production Research

Volumn 48, Issue 12, 2010, Pages 3475-3492

  Akkerman, Renzo ^a   Van Der Meer, Dirk ^b   Van Donk, Dirk Pieter ^b  

^a TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF DENMARK   (Denmark)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Case study; Decoupling point; Food industry; Intermediate storage; Postponement

Indexed keywords

DECOUPLING POINT; DISCRETE MANUFACTURERS; END-PRODUCTS; FOOD INDUSTRIES; FOOD PRODUCTION; INTERMEDIATE PRODUCT; INTERMEDIATE STORAGE; MAKE-TO-STOCK; MATHEMATICAL PROGRAMMING MODELS; NEW DIMENSIONS; PROCESSING INDUSTRY; SOLUTION APPROACH; TWO STAGE;

FUZZY CONTROL; MATHEMATICAL PROGRAMMING;

FOOD STORAGE;

EID: 77951109450     PISSN: 00207543     EISSN: 1366588X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00207540902810569     Document Type: Article

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