Reserve stock and transhipment in hierarchical inventory systems

Production Planning and Control

Volumn 8, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 469-474

  Salameh, M K ^a   Jaber, M Y ^a  

^a AMERICAN UNIVERSITY OF BEIRUT   (Lebanon)

Author keywords

Buffer stock; Stock out time; Supply time; Transhipment

Indexed keywords

COSTS; DECISION MAKING; HIERARCHICAL SYSTEMS; MARKETING; MATERIALS HANDLING; PRODUCTION;

BUFFER STOCK; RESERVE STOCK; STOCK OUT TIME; SUPPLY TIME; TRANSHIPMENT;

INVENTORY CONTROL;

EID: 0031190805     PISSN: 09537287     EISSN: 13665871     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/095372897235046     Document Type: Article

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