Analysis of a newsvendor which has errors in inventory data records

European Journal of Operational Research

Volumn 188, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 370-389

  Sahin, Evren ^a   Buzacott, John ^b   Dallery, Yves ^a  

^a ECOLE CENTRALE PARIS   (France)

^b YORK UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Inventory control; Inventory inaccuracy; Newsvendor; Supply chain management

Indexed keywords

DATA ACQUISITION; INVENTORY CONTROL; SUPPLY CHAIN MANAGEMENT;

BARCODE SYSTEMS; INVENTORY INACCURACY; NEWSVENDOR;

ERROR ANALYSIS;

EID: 38149040239     PISSN: 03772217     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ejor.2007.04.021     Document Type: Article

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