Operational complexity and supplier-customer integration: Case study insights and complexity rebound

Journal of the Operational Research Society

Volumn 61, Issue 12, 2010, Pages 1709-1718

  Sivadasan, S ^a   Smart, J ^a   Huaccho Huatuco, L ^b   Calinescu, A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

information theory; logistics; manufacturing systems; operational complexity; scheduling; supply chain integration

Indexed keywords

DECISION MAKING; INFORMATION THEORY; LOGISTICS; MANUFACTURE; PRODUCT DEVELOPMENT; PRODUCTION CONTROL; SALES; SCHEDULING; SUPPLY CHAINS;

DECISION MAKING PROCESS; LONGITUDINAL CASE STUDY; OPERATIONAL COMPLEXITY; OPERATIONAL PRACTICES; PRODUCT CUSTOMISATION; PRODUCTION SCHEDULING; SUPPLIER-CUSTOMER SYSTEMS; SUPPLY-CHAIN INTEGRATION;

INTEGRATION;

EID: 78049312298     PISSN: 01605682     EISSN: 14769360     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1057/jors.2009.138     Document Type: Article

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