A holistic approach for production outsourcing

Strategic Outsourcing: An International Journal

Volumn 1, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 142-153

  Ray, Amitava ^a   Sarkar, Bijan ^b   Sanyal, Subir ^b  

^a SIKKIM MANIPAL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (India)

^b JADAVPUR UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

Accounting; Constraint handling; Linear programming; Outsourcing; Production planning and control; Standard costs

Indexed keywords

EID: 84993009181     PISSN: 17538297     EISSN: 17538300     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/17538290810897156     Document Type: Article

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