Managing Inventory and Supply Performance in Assembly Systems with Random Supply Capacity and Demand

Ramesh Bollapragada
Ramesh Bollapragada
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College of Business, San Francisco State University, San Francisco, California 94132, and Bell Laboratories, Lucent Technologies, Holmdel, New Jersey 07733
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Uday S. Rao
Uday S. Rao
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College of Business, University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, Ohio 45221
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Jun Zhang
Jun Zhang
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A. B. Freeman School of Business, Tulane University, New Orleans, Louisiana 70118
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College of Business, San Francisco State University, San Francisco, California 94132, and Bell Laboratories, Lucent Technologies, Holmdel, New Jersey 07733

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Uday S. Rao

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College of Business, University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, Ohio 45221

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Jun Zhang

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A. B. Freeman School of Business, Tulane University, New Orleans, Louisiana 70118

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Published Online:1 Dec 2004https://doi.org/10.1287/mnsc.1040.0314

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