Integrated inventory-transportation system with modified periodic policy for multiple products

European Journal of Operational Research

Volumn 115, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 254-269

  Qu, Wendy W ^a   Bookbinder, James H ^a   Iyogun, Paul ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WATERLOO   (Canada)

^b WILFRID LAURIER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHMS; COMPUTATIONAL METHODS; DECISION THEORY; DISTRIBUTION OF GOODS; HEURISTIC METHODS; OUTSOURCING; PROBLEM SOLVING; PROCESS ENGINEERING; PURCHASING; RESOURCE ALLOCATION; TRAVELING SALESMAN PROBLEM;

HEURISTIC DECOMPOSITION METHOD; INTEGRATED INVENTORY-TRANSPORTATION SYSTEMS; JOINT INVENTORY DECISIONS; SUPPLY CHAIN MANAGEMENT;

INVENTORY CONTROL;

EID: 0032674456     PISSN: 03772217     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0377-2217(98)00301-4     Document Type: Article

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