Minimizing the total cost in an integrated vendor-managed inventory system

Journal of Heuristics

Volumn 11, Issue 5-6 SPEC. ISS., 2005, Pages 393-419

  Bertazzi, Luca ^a   Paletta, Giuseppe ^b   Speranza, M Grazia ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRESCIA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALABRIA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Heuristics; Inventory; Logistics; Transportation; Vendor Managed Inventory VMI

Indexed keywords

COSTS; GROUND VEHICLES; HEURISTIC METHODS; LOGISTICS; MOTOR TRANSPORTATION; PROBLEM SOLVING; PUBLIC POLICY;

RETAILERS; SUBPROBLEMS; SUPPLIERS; VENDOR-MANAGED INVENTORY (VMI);

INVENTORY CONTROL;

EID: 26844451403     PISSN: 13811231     EISSN: 15729397     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10732-005-0616-6     Document Type: Article

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