Demand forecast accuracy and performance of inventory policies under multi-level rolling schedule environments

International Journal of Production Economics

Volumn 103, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 401-419

  Jeunet, Jully ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ PARIS DAUPHINE   (France)

Author keywords

Forecast errors; Heuristics; Material requirements planning; Multi level lot sizing; Rolling schedule

Indexed keywords

COST EFFECTIVENESS; ERROR ANALYSIS; HEURISTIC METHODS; MATERIALS HANDLING; SCHEDULING; STRATEGIC PLANNING; TECHNOLOGICAL FORECASTING;

FORECAST ERRORS; HEURISTICS; MATERIAL REQUIREMENTS PLANNING; MULTI-LEVEL LOT-SIZING; ROLLING SCHEDULE;

INVENTORY CONTROL;

EID: 33745140214     PISSN: 09255273     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijpe.2005.10.003     Document Type: Article

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