An assembly-type supply chain system controlled by kanbans under a just-in-time delivery policy

European Journal of Operational Research

Volumn 162, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 153-172

  Wang, Shaojun ^a   Sarker, Bhaba R ^b  

^a SOUTHEAST MISSOURI STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Inventory control; Kanban; Mixed integer nonlinear programming; Supply chain

Indexed keywords

ASSEMBLY; INTEGER PROGRAMMING; INVENTORY CONTROL; JUST IN TIME PRODUCTION; NONLINEAR PROGRAMMING; PROBLEM SOLVING; PUBLIC POLICY;

KANBAN; MIXED INTEGER NONLINEAR PROGRAMMING; SUPPLY CHAINS;

OPERATIONS RESEARCH;

EID: 8344220512     PISSN: 03772217     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ejor.2003.10.038     Document Type: Conference Paper

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