A simulation model to analyze the impact of outsourcing on furniture supply chain performance

Forest Products Journal

Volumn 60, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 258-265

  Eksioglu, Burak ^a   Eksioglu, Sandra ^a   Zhang, Jilei ^b   Jin, Mingzhou ^c  

^a Dept of Industrial and Systems Engineering ^*  (United States)

^b FOREST PRODUCTS LABORATORY   (United States)

^c MISSISSIPPI STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FURNITURE MANUFACTURE; LOGISTICS; MANUFACTURE; OUTSOURCING; SUPPLY CHAINS;

CAPACITY REDUCTION; FURNITURE COMPANY; LABOR INTENSIVE; LOGISTICS NETWORK; OUTSOURCING DECISIONS; SIMULATION MODEL; SUPPLY CHAIN MODELING; SUPPLY CHAIN PERFORMANCE;

DISCRETE EVENT SIMULATION;

EID: 78149258180     PISSN: 00157473     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.13073/0015-7473-60.3.258     Document Type: Article

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