Coordination of outsourced operations to minimize weighted flow time and capacity booking costs

Manufacturing and Service Operations Management

Volumn 12, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 236-255

  Aydinliyim, Tolga ^a   Vairaktarakis, George L ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OREGON   (United States)

^b CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Cooperative games; Coordination; Incentives; Outsourcing; Production planning and scheduling; Supply chain management

Indexed keywords

COOPERATIVE GAME; COOPERATIVE GAMES; FLOW-TIME; INCENTIVES; PRODUCTION CHAIN; PRODUCTION PLANNING AND SCHEDULING; SHARING SCHEMES; THIRD PARTIES; TOTAL COSTS; WORK-IN-PROGRESS;

COST REDUCTION; MANUFACTURE; OUTSOURCING; PLANNING; PRODUCTION CONTROL; PRODUCTION ENGINEERING; PROJECT MANAGEMENT; SUPPLY CHAINS;

SUPPLY CHAIN MANAGEMENT;

EID: 77952189215     PISSN: 15234614     EISSN: 15265498     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1287/msom.1090.0265     Document Type: Article

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