The impact of modular assembly on supply chain efficiency

Production and Operations Management

Volumn 23, Issue 11, 2014, Pages 1985-2001

  Feng, Tianjun ^a   Zhang, Fuqiang ^b  

^a FUDAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY IN ST LOUIS   (United States)

Author keywords

game theory; inventory management; modular assembly; supply chains

Indexed keywords

EID: 84925663559     PISSN: 10591478     EISSN: 19375956     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/poms.12182     Document Type: Article

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