Incorporating transportation costs into inventory replenishment decisions

International Journal of Production Economics

Volumn 77, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 113-130

  Swenseth, Scott R ^a   Godfrey, Michael R ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA LINCOLN   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN OSHKOSH   (United States)

Author keywords

Freight rates; Inventory models; Logistics; Purchasing; Transportation

Indexed keywords

COSTS; DECISION MAKING; INDUSTRIAL MANAGEMENT; OPTIMIZATION; PURCHASING; TRANSPORTATION CHARGES;

FREIGHT RATES;

INVENTORY CONTROL;

EID: 0037150276     PISSN: 09255273     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0925-5273(01)00230-4     Document Type: Article

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