Role of inventory and transportation costs in determining the optimal degree of centralization

Transportation Research Part E: Logistics and Transportation Review

Volumn 33, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 171-179

  Das, Chandrasekhar ^a   Tyagi, Rajesh ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTHERN IOWA   (United States)

^b SOUTHERN ARKANSAS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Centralization decision; Inventory management; Physical distribution; Safety stock

Indexed keywords

COSTS;

CENTRALISATION; CENTRALIZATION DECISION; COMBINED EFFECT; FORMAL ANALYSIS; INVENTORY COSTS; INVENTORY MANAGEMENT; PHYSICAL DISTRIBUTION; SAFETY STOCK; SYSTEM COSTS; TRANSPORTATION COST;

INVENTORY CONTROL;

DECISION MAKING; INVENTORY CENTRALISATION; TRANSPORT ECONOMICS;

EID: 0031423525     PISSN: 13665545     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1366-5545(97)00019-7     Document Type: Article

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