Periodic review, push inventory policies for remanufacturing

European Journal of Operational Research

Volumn 151, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 536-551

  Mahadevan, B ^a   Pyke, David F ^b   Fleischmann, Moritz ^c  

^a INDIAN INSTITUTE OF MANAGEMENT BANGALORE   (India)

^b DARTMOUTH COLLEGE   (United States)

^c ERASMUS UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Environment; Heuristics; Inventory; Remanufacturing; Reverse logistics

Indexed keywords

DECISION MAKING; ERROR ANALYSIS; HEURISTIC METHODS; LOGISTICS; PRODUCT DEVELOPMENT; PRODUCTION CONTROL; PUBLIC POLICY;

INVENTORY POLICY;

INVENTORY CONTROL;

EID: 0042283595     PISSN: 03772217     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0377-2217(02)00627-6     Document Type: Article

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