The impact of demand aggregation through delayed component allocation in an assemble-to-order system

Management Science

Volumn 57, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 1154-1171

  Bernstein, Fernando ^a   DeCroix, Gregory A ^b   Wang, Yulan ^c  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

^c HONG KONG POLYTECHNIC UNIVERSITY   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Assemble to order; Capacity; Inventory production; Multi item; Policies; Stochastic

Indexed keywords

ASSEMBLE-TO-ORDER; CAPACITY; INVENTORY PRODUCTION; MULTI-ITEM; POLICIES; STOCHASTIC;

PROFITABILITY;

SALES;

EID: 79959226172     PISSN: 00251909     EISSN: 15265501     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1287/mnsc.1110.1340     Document Type: Article

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