Optimizing strategic safety stock placement in supply chains with clusters of commonality

Operations Research

Volumn 54, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 725-742

  Humair, Salal ^a   Willems, Sean P ^b  

^a Optiant Inc   (United States)

^b BOSTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Component commonality; Dynamic programming application; Multiechelon inventory system; Networks with clusters of commonality; Safety stock optimization

Indexed keywords

CLUSTERS OF COMMONALITY; COMPONENT COMMONALITY; MULTIECHELON INVENTORY SYSTEM; SAFETY STOCK OPTIMIZATION;

ALGORITHMS; DYNAMIC PROGRAMMING; INDUSTRIAL MANAGEMENT; OPTIMIZATION; PRODUCTION CONTROL;

INVENTORY CONTROL;

EID: 33749465524     PISSN: 0030364X     EISSN: 15265463     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1287/opre.1060.0313     Document Type: Article

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