The price of responsiveness: Cost analysis of change orders in make-to-order manufacturing

International Journal of Production Economics

Volumn 135, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 420-429

  Uskonen, Jukka ^a   Tenhiälä, Antti ^b  

^a AALTO UNIVERSITY   (Finland)

^b IE BUSINESS SCHOOL   (Spain)

Author keywords

Activity based costing; Customization; Uncertainty

Indexed keywords

ACTIVITY BASED COSTING; ADDITIONAL COSTS; CHANGE ORDER; COMPETITIVE ADVANTAGE; COST ANALYSIS; COST SAVING; CUSTOMER SERVICES; CUSTOMIZATION; EMPIRICAL DATA; MAKE TO ORDER; REAL VALUES; TOTAL COSTS; UNCERTAINTY;

COMPETITION; COST ACCOUNTING; COSTS; CUSTOMER SATISFACTION; DATA PROCESSING; MANUFACTURE; SALES; SPECIFICATIONS;

COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS;

EID: 80055061017     PISSN: 09255273     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijpe.2011.08.016     Document Type: Article

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