Leadtime-variety tradeoff in product differentiation

Manufacturing and Service Operations Management

Volumn 12, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 569-582

  Alptekinoǧlu, Aydin ^a   Corbett, Charles J ^b  

^a SOUTHERN METHODIST UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Congestion; Custom and standard products; Leadtime; Make to order; Make to stock; Mass customization; Product differentiation

Indexed keywords

EID: 78149315832     PISSN: 15234614     EISSN: 15265498     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1287/msom.1090.0286     Document Type: Article

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