Exact evaluation of batch-ordering inventory policies in two-echelon supply chains with periodic review

Operations Research

Volumn 49, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 79-98

  Cachon, Gérard P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COSTS; HEURISTIC METHODS; INVENTORY CONTROL; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; NUMERICAL ANALYSIS; WAREHOUSES;

BATCH-ORDERING INVENTORY POLICIES; TWO-ECHELON SUPPLY CHAINS;

DISTRIBUTED PARAMETER CONTROL SYSTEMS;

EID: 0034999405     PISSN: 0030364X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1287/opre.49.1.79.11188     Document Type: Article

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