MODELING UNCERTAIN FORECAST ACCURACY IN SUPPLY CHAINS WITH POSTPONEMENT

Journal of Business Logistics

Volumn 30, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 19-31

  LeBlanc, Larry J ^a   Hill, James A ^b   Harder, Jerry ^a   Greenwell, Gregory W ^c  

^a VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c Total Print   (United States)

Author keywords

Forecasting; Probabilistic models; Production planning; Supply chain management

Indexed keywords

EID: 79953860657     PISSN: 07353766     EISSN: 21581592     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/j.2158-1592.2009.tb00097.x     Document Type: Article

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