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To Pull or Not to Pull: What Is the Question?

Wallace J. Hopp
Wallace J. Hopp
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Department of Industrial Engineering and Management Sciences, Northwestern University, Evanston, Illinois 60208
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Mark L. Spearman
Mark L. Spearman
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Department of Industrial Engineering, 3131 TAMU, Texas A&M University, College Station, Texas 77843-3131
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Wallace J. Hopp

Wallace J. Hopp

[email protected]

Department of Industrial Engineering and Management Sciences, Northwestern University, Evanston, Illinois 60208

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,

Mark L. Spearman

Mark L. Spearman

[email protected]

Department of Industrial Engineering, 3131 TAMU, Texas A&M University, College Station, Texas 77843-3131

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Published Online:1 Apr 2004https://doi.org/10.1287/msom.1030.0028

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cover image Manufacturing & Service Operations Management

Volume 6, Issue 2

Spring 2004

Pages 113-198

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Received:August 15, 2002
Accepted:July 23, 2003
Published Online:April 01, 2004

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Wallace J. Hopp, Mark L. Spearman, (2004) To Pull or Not to Pull: What Is the Question?. Manufacturing & Service Operations Management 6(2):133-148.

https://doi.org/10.1287/msom.1030.0028

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