Bernstein, Fernando; Kök, A. Gürhan; Xie, Lei - In: Manufacturing & Service Operations Management 13 (2011) 2, pp. 261-270
We consider a firm that produces multiple variants of a product. Products are assembled using a combination of common and dedicated components. We characterize the optimal assortment and derive the optimal inventory levels for the common and dedicated components under various bill-of-material...