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Product Line Design with Seller-Induced Learning 基于卖家诱导学习的产品线设计

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Manufacturing Engineering Pub Date : 2013-06-09 DOI: 10.1287/mnsc.2013.1789

Hui Xiong, Ying‐ju Chen

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引用次数: 39

Pharmaceutical Supply Chain Networks with Outsourcing Under Price and Quality Competition 价格与质量竞争下外包的医药供应链网络

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Manufacturing Engineering Pub Date : 2013-05-01 DOI: 10.1111/itor.12031

A. Nagurney, Dong Li, L. Nagurney

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引用次数: 54

Constant Salvage Value Models: A Source of Systematic Bias in Predicting the Value of Lead-Time Reduction 不变残值模型:预测提前期减少价值的系统性偏差来源

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Manufacturing Engineering Pub Date : 2013-01-15 DOI: 10.2139/ssrn.2202422

Stefan Wager, Suzanne de Treville

引用次数: 2

A Product Quality — Supply Chain Integration Framework 产品质量-供应链集成框架

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Manufacturing Engineering Pub Date : 2013-01-01 DOI: 10.3923/JAS.2013.36.48

Zahra Lotfi, S. Sahran, M. Mukhtar

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引用次数: 33

Reputational Risks and Responsible Supply Chain Management: Decision Making Under Bounded Rationality 信誉风险与责任供应链管理:有限理性下的决策

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Manufacturing Engineering Pub Date : 2013-01-01 DOI: 10.5465/AMBPP.2013.15308ABSTRACT

J. Roehrich, Johanne Grosvold, Stefan Hoejmose

引用次数: 2

When to Carry Eccentric Products? Optimal Retail Assortment under Consumer Returns 什么时候携带古怪的产品?消费者回报下的最优零售分类

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Manufacturing Engineering Pub Date : 2012-11-10 DOI: 10.2139/ssrn.1809198

Aydın Alptekinoğlu, A. Grasas

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引用次数: 37

Disruptions in One-Warehouse Multiple-Retailer Systems 单仓库多零售商系统的中断

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Manufacturing Engineering Pub Date : 2012-11-05 DOI: 10.2139/ssrn.2171214

Z. Atan, L. Snyder

引用次数: 16

Техническое Содержание и Постановка Задачи Программного Управления Параметрами Поточной Линии С Использованием Сверхурочных Работ (Technical Content and Statement of the Problem Control of Production Line Parameters Using Overtime Work)

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Manufacturing Engineering Pub Date : 2012-10-07 DOI: 10.2139/ssrn.3427518

O. Pihnastyi, Viktor Zaruba

引用次数: 0

Harmony in Competition: On Preferences for Contractual Forms in Supply Chains 竞争中的和谐:供应链中契约形式的偏好