Multi-stage onboard inventory management policies for food and beverage items in cruise liner operations

Journal of Food Engineering

Volumn 70, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 269-279

  Erkoc, Murat ^a   Iakovou, Eleftherios T ^a   Spaulding, Andre E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI   (United States)

Author keywords

Base stock policies; Cruise lines; Food logistics; Inventory management; Stochastic optimization

Indexed keywords

BEVERAGES; CUSTOMER SATISFACTION; DECISION MAKING; FOOD PRESERVATION; INDUSTRIAL MANAGEMENT; MARKETING; THEOREM PROVING; WHALING VESSELS;

BASE STOCK POLICIES; CRUISE LINES; FOOD LOGISTICS; INVENTORY MANAGEMENT; STOCHASTIC OPTIMIZATION;

FOOD PRODUCTS;

EID: 17944370347     PISSN: 02608774     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jfoodeng.2004.04.044     Document Type: Article

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