Rutenberg, David P.; Shaftel, Timothy L. - In: Management Science 18 (1971) 4-Part-I, pp. 220-220
A firm may cut costs by installing more parts than its products require. Each product or application requires a specified number of parts such as inductors, resistors and capacitors. For assembly and maintenance reasons, parts are grouped into subassembly modules. If there are economies of scale...
