Analysis of postponement strategy for perishable items by EOQ-based models

International Journal of Production Economics

Volumn 107, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 31-38

  Li, Jian ^a,c   Edwin Cheng, T C ^b   Wang, Shouyang ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF SYSTEMS SCIENCE   (China)

^b HONG KONG POLYTECHNIC UNIVERSITY   (Hong Kong)

^c QUFU NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Economic order quantity model (EOQ); Inventory management; Perishable items; Postponement strategy

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHMS; COMPUTATIONAL METHODS; COST ACCOUNTING; INDUSTRIAL ECONOMICS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; STRATEGIC PLANNING;

ECONOMIC-ORDER-QUANTITY MODEL (EOQ); INVENTORY MANAGEMENT; PERISHABLE ITEMS; POSTPONEMENT STRATEGY;

PRODUCTION CONTROL;

EID: 33846902773     PISSN: 09255273     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijpe.2006.01.007     Document Type: Article

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