Remanufacturing and the component commonality decision

Production and Operations Management

Volumn 22, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 36-53

  Subramanian, Ravi ^a   Ferguson, Mark E ^b   Beril Toktay, L ^a  

^a GEORGIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

Author keywords

closed loop supply chains; competition; component commonality; remanufacturing

Indexed keywords

EID: 84872697890     PISSN: 10591478     EISSN: 19375956     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1937-5956.2012.01350.x     Document Type: Article

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