Two-echelon spare parts inventory system subject to a service constraint

IIE Transactions (Institute of Industrial Engineers)

Volumn 36, Issue 7, 2004, Pages 655-666

  Caglar, Deniz ^a   Li, Chung Lun ^b   Simchi Levi, David ^c  

^a BOOZ ALLEN HAMILTON   (United States)

^b HONG KONG POLYTECHNIC UNIVERSITY   (Hong Kong)

^c Massachusetts Institute of Technology Cambridge   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONSTRAINT THEORY; CUSTOMER SATISFACTION; DECISION SUPPORT SYSTEMS; INVENTORY CONTROL;

SPARE PARTS INVENTORY SYSTEM; SYSTEM WIDE INVENTORY COST;

SYSTEMS ENGINEERING;

EID: 2942668214     PISSN: 0740817X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/07408170490278265     Document Type: Article

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