Stock replenishment and shipment scheduling for vendor-managed inventory systems

Management Science

Volumn 46, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 217-232

  Çetinkaya, Sila ^a   Lee, Chung Yee ^a  

^a TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DISTRIBUTION OF GOODS; FREIGHT TRANSPORTATION; INDUSTRIAL MANAGEMENT; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; SCHEDULING;

STOCK REPLENISHMENT; VENDOR MANAGED INVENTORY (VMI) SYSTEM;

INVENTORY CONTROL;

EID: 0033902373     PISSN: 00251909     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1287/mnsc.46.2.217.11923     Document Type: Article

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