No news, good news: Positive impacts of delayed information in MRP

International Journal of Management and Decision Making

Volumn 12, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 312-334

  D'Avino, Marco ^a   Correale, Mario Macry ^a   Schiraldi, Massimiliano Maria ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ROME TOR VERGATA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Bullwhip effect; Delay; Information sharing; Material requirement planning; MRP; Supply chain management

Indexed keywords

EID: 84877828361     PISSN: 14624621     EISSN: 17415187     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1504/IJMDM.2013.056455     Document Type: Article

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