Allocation of warehouse inventory with electronic data interchange and fixed order intervals

European Journal of Operational Research

Volumn 103, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 117-128

  Ernst, Ricardo ^a   Kamrad, Bardia ^a  

^a GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FREIGHT TRANSPORTATION; INFORMATION DISSEMINATION; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; OPTIMIZATION; SCHEDULING; WAREHOUSES;

DATA EXCHANGE;

INVENTORY CONTROL;

EID: 0031275856     PISSN: 03772217     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0377-2217(96)00280-9     Document Type: Article

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