Entropy as a measure of delayed differentiation

dc.contributor.advisor	Mukerjee, Saral
dc.contributor.author	Srivastava, Siddhartha
dc.date.accessioned	2018-03-19T10:45:58Z
dc.date.available	2018-03-19T10:45:58Z
dc.date.copyright	2006
dc.date.issued	2006
dc.identifier.uri	http://hdl.handle.net/11718/20548
dc.description.abstract	Abstract In the new market conditions, the importance of handling variety is ever increasing. The challenge lies in managing this variety with minimum cost and in shortest time. This paper studies the various strategies employed to mange such a challenge. It studies in specific the concept of delayed differentiation A study of entropy's application in the field of operations to define flexibility is done. This concept is further extended to measure delayed differentiation. The new measure introduced not only considers the build of variety but also the build of uncertainty in the system and hence provides a more comprehensive measure for managerial decisions. Future of Inventory management in Retail Chains	en_US
dc.language.iso	en	en_US
dc.publisher	Indian Institute of Management Ahmedabad	en_US
dc.relation.ispartofseries	SP;001202
dc.subject	Entropy	en_US
dc.subject	Handling variety	en_US
dc.title	Entropy as a measure of delayed differentiation	en_US
dc.type	Student Project	en_US