Ordering and Inventory Policies for Step Changes in the Unit Item Cost: A Discounted Cash Flow Approach

Management Science

Volumn 50, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 253-267

  Grubbström, Robert W ^a   Kingsman, Brian G ^b  

^a LINKÖPING INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Sweden)

^b LANCASTER UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Annuity stream; Discounted cash flow; Inventory management; Net present value; Price changes; Purchasing

Indexed keywords

APPROXIMATION THEORY; COSTS; INDUSTRIAL ECONOMICS; INVESTMENTS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PURCHASING;

DISCOUNTED CASH FLOW (DCF); INVENTORY MANAGEMENT; NET PRESENT VALUE (NPV); PRICE CHANGES;

INVENTORY CONTROL;

EID: 1642390888     PISSN: 00251909     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1287/mnsc.1030.0150     Document Type: Article

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