Examining the impact of demand lumpiness on the lot-sizing performance in MRP systems

DOI10.1080/00207549508904833MaRDI QIDQ4399072zbMATH OpenOpenAlexFDO

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Publication date 15 March 1999

Published in International Journal of Production Research (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL https://doi.org/10.1080/00207549508904833

zbMATH Keywords

production schedulingmaterial requirements planninglumpy demand patterns

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Production models (90B30)

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