| Article ID: | iaor19961559 |
| Country: | Netherlands |
| Volume: | 67 |
| Issue: | 2 |
| Start Page Number: | 141 |
| End Page Number: | 160 |
| Publication Date: | Jun 1993 |
| Journal: | European Journal of Operational Research |
| Authors: | Goyal Suresh K., Chandra Pankaj, Bhatnagar Rohit |
This paper addresses coordination of production planning among multiple plants in a vertically integrated firm. Currently there is no unified body of literature that deals with this issue. The authors identify important issues that managers and researchers must address so that production and inventory decisions can be determined for all plants in a manner optimal for the organization as a whole.