Article ID | Journal | Published Year | Pages | File Type |
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1142186 | Operations Research Letters | 2014 | 5 Pages |
Abstract
We study the value of component commonality in assemble-to-order systems under no-holdback allocation rules. We prove that the total product backorder and on-hand component inventory decrease with probability one as the degree of commonality increases; however, the average cost may not decrease unless a certain cost symmetric condition is imposed.
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Authors
Jim (Junmin) Shi, Yao Zhao,