Global dual sourcing and order smoothing: The impact of capacity and lead times

Management Science

Volumn 61, Issue 9, 2015, Pages 2080-2099

  Boute, Robert N ^a,b   Van Mieghem, Jan A ^c  

^a VLERICK BUSINESS SCHOOL   (Belgium)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

^c NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Capacity; Dual sourcing; Inventory; Mixed mode transportation; Production smoothing

Indexed keywords

LINEAR CONTROL SYSTEMS; OFFSHORE OIL WELL PRODUCTION;

CAPACITY; DUAL SOURCING; INVENTORY; MIXED MODE; PRODUCTION SMOOTHING;

DECISION MAKING;

EID: 84941760335     PISSN: 00251909     EISSN: 15265501     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1287/mnsc.2014.1992     Document Type: Article

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