The stochastic joint replenishment problem: A new policy, analysis, and insights

Naval Research Logistics

Volumn 53, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 525-546

  Özkaya, Banu Yüksel ^a   Gürler, Ülkü ^b   Berk, Emre ^b  

^a Georgia Institute of Technology   (United States)

^b BILKENT UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Joint replenishment problem; Multi item inventory systems

Indexed keywords

ECHELON; JOINT REPLENISHMENT PROBLEM; MULTI ITEM INVENTORY SYSTEMS; MULTIPLE RETAILERS;

DOCKING; INVENTORY CONTROL; LAWS AND LEGISLATION; NUMERICAL METHODS; POISSON DISTRIBUTION; PROBLEM SOLVING;

RANDOM PROCESSES;

EID: 33748294505     PISSN: 0894069X     EISSN: 15206750     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/nav.20147     Document Type: Article

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