Production and Inventory Control of a Single Product Assemble-to-Order System with Multiple Customer Classes

Saif Benjaafar
Saif Benjaafar
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Industrial and Systems Engineering, Department of Mechanical Engineering, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, Minnesota 55455
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Mohsen ElHafsi
Mohsen ElHafsi
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The A. Gary Anderson Graduate School of Management, University of California, Riverside, California 92521-0203
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Industrial and Systems Engineering, Department of Mechanical Engineering, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, Minnesota 55455

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Mohsen ElHafsi

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The A. Gary Anderson Graduate School of Management, University of California, Riverside, California 92521-0203

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Published Online:1 Dec 2006https://doi.org/10.1287/mnsc.1060.0588

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