An independent inventory control heuristic for multi-component assemble-to-order systems

International Journal of Operational Research

Volumn 7, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 297-313

  Yang, Bibo ^a   Geunes, Joseph ^b  

^a HONG KONG POLYTECHNIC UNIVERSITY   (Hong Kong)

^b J Crayton Pruitt Family Department of Biomedical Engineering   (United States)

Author keywords

Assemble to order; Assembly system; Heuristic; Inventory control; Order up to policy; Periodic review; Safety stock; Stock out

Indexed keywords

EID: 77951477398     PISSN: 17457645     EISSN: 17457653     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1504/IJOR.2010.032110     Document Type: Article

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