The effect of lead-time on the supply chain: The mean versus the variance

International Journal of Information Technology and Decision Making

Volumn 10, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 175-185

  He, Xin James ^a   Xu, Xiaobo ^b   Hayya, Jack C ^c  

^a FAIRFIELD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b AMERICAN UNIVERSITY OF SHARJAH   (United Arab Emirates)

^c PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Lead time variability; stochastic inventory systems; supply chain

Indexed keywords

EID: 78751513126     PISSN: 02196220     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1142/S0219622011004270     Document Type: Article

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