| Article ID: | iaor200363 |
| Country: | United States |
| Volume: | 4 |
| Issue: | 1 |
| Start Page Number: | 12 |
| End Page Number: | 16 |
| Publication Date: | Dec 2002 |
| Journal: | Manufacturing & Service Operations Management |
| Authors: | Kim Joon-Seok |
| Keywords: | production |
This is an extended abstract of a paper that was a finalist in the Manufacturing and Service Operating Management Society's 2001 Student Paper Competition. The benefits of inventory pooling in systems where supply lead times are endogenously generated by a production system with finite capacity are examined.