Evaluating the effects of capacity constraints and demand patterns on supply chain replenishment strategies

International Journal of Production Research

Volumn 44, Issue 21, 2006, Pages 4607-4629

  Suwanruji, P ^a   Enns, S T ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Design of experiments (DOE); Distribution requirements planning (DRP); Inventory replenishment; Kanban (KBN); Material requirements planning (MRP); Multi echelon inventory; Re order point (ROP); Simulation; Supply chain management

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; CONSTRAINT THEORY; DISTRIBUTION OF GOODS; PRODUCTION ENGINEERING; STATISTICAL METHODS;

DESIGN OF EXPERIMENTS (DOE); DISTRIBUTION REQUIREMENTS PLANNING (DRP); INVENTORY REPLENISHMENT; KANBAN (KBN); MATERIAL REQUIREMENTS PLANNING (MRP); MULTI ECHELON INVENTORY; RE-ORDER POINT (ROP); SUPPLY CHAIN MANAGEMENT;

INVENTORY CONTROL;

EID: 33748706339     PISSN: 00207543     EISSN: 1366588X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00207540500494527     Document Type: Article

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