Designing a firm's coordinated manufacturing and supply decisions with short product life cycles
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A study of manufacturers of products with very short life cycles was conducted to develop a model for determining the impact of cooperation between the manufacturing and supply departments on the expected profits of these departments. It sought to promote a better understanding of how and when joint coordination enhances profits, as well as how coordinated manufacturing and supply policies are designed. The findings indicate that coordination benefits manufacturers by helping them meet all the demand for products with very short life cycles, such as personal computers, consumer electronics, software packages and apparel goods. The results suggest that coordination should be considered and be integrated into production management.
Publication Name: Management Science
Subject: Business, general
ISSN: 0025-1909
Year: 1997
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Managing build-to-order short life-cycle products: benefits of pre-season price incentives with standardization
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The details of the profit improvement that can be achieved by providing incentives to customers who are ready to purchase the standardized product by the firms that produce standardized products or build-to-order products in United States are analyzed.
Publication Name: Journal of Operations Management
Subject: Business, general
ISSN: 0272-6963
Year: 2005
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Service guarantee strength: the key to service quality
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The development of a human resources/operations management interface, for the empirical analysis of the quality of service operations in business enterprises, is described.
Publication Name: Journal of Operations Management
Subject: Business, general
ISSN: 0272-6963
Year: 2006
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