Planning of capacities and orders in build-to-order automobile production: A review

European Journal of Operational Research

Volumn 224, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 240-260

  Volling, Thomas ^a   Matzke, Andreas ^a   Grunewald, Martin ^a   Spengler, Thomas S ^a  

^a TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF BRAUNSCHWEIG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Automotive industry; Capacity planning; Operations research; Order driven planning; Planning framework; Production

Indexed keywords

AUTOMOBILE PRODUCTION; AUTOMOTIVE COMPANIES; BUILD-TO-ORDER; CAPACITY PLANNING; COMPETITIVE EDGES; GLOBAL PRODUCTION NETWORKS; INDIVIDUAL CUSTOMERS; LEAD TIME; PLANNING FRAMEWORK; PLANNING TASKS; PRODUCT VARIETY; RESEARCH ISSUES; STANDARDIZED PRODUCTS;

AUTOMOTIVE INDUSTRY; OPERATIONS RESEARCH; PRODUCTION;

RESEARCH;

EID: 84867336621     PISSN: 03772217     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ejor.2012.07.034     Document Type: Article

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