Order volatility and supply chain costs

Operations Research

Volumn 52, Issue 5, 2004, Pages

  Chen, Fangruo ^a   Samroengraja, Rungson ^b  

^a Och Spine at New York Presbyterian Hospitals   (United States)

^b Pitney Bowes Inc   (United States)

Author keywords

Approximations heuristics; Inventory production: multiechelon; Operating characteristics; Stochastic

Indexed keywords

MULTIECHELON; OPERATING CHARACTERISTICS; ORDER VOLATILITY; SUPPLY CHAIN MANAGEMENT;

APPROXIMATION THEORY; COST ACCOUNTING; HEURISTIC METHODS; INDUSTRIAL MANAGEMENT; INVENTORY CONTROL; MANUFACTURE; PRODUCTION CONTROL; RAILROAD TRANSPORTATION;

PRODUCT DESIGN;

EID: 19644401425     PISSN: 0030364X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1287/opre.1040.0132     Document Type: Article

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