The value of flexibility in make-to-order systems: The effect of demand correlation

Operations Research

Volumn 58, Issue 4 PART 1, 2010, Pages 834-848

  Chod, Jiri ^a   Pyke, David ^b   Rudi, Nils ^c  

^a BOSTON COLLEGE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SAN DIEGO   (United States)

^c INSEAD   (France)

Author keywords

Assemble to order; Component commonality; Demand correlation; Flexibility; Inventory production; Pricing; Spot market

Indexed keywords

ASSEMBLE-TO-ORDER; COMPONENT COMMONALITY; DEMAND CORRELATION; FLEXIBILITY; INVENTORY/PRODUCTION; PRICING; SPOT MARKET;

COSTS; PROFITABILITY;

COMMERCE;

EID: 77955884038     PISSN: 0030364X     EISSN: 15265463     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1287/opre.1090.0783     Document Type: Article

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