Insights into inventory sharing in service parts logistics systems with time-based service levels

Computers and Industrial Engineering

Volumn 54, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 341-358

  Kutanoglu, Erhan ^a  

^a The University of Texas at Austin   (United States)

Author keywords

Inventory management; Inventory sharing; Performance evaluation; Service parts logistics; Time based service levels

Indexed keywords

CUSTOMER SATISFACTION; INVENTORY CONTROL; TIME VARYING SYSTEMS;

INVENTORY MANAGEMENT; INVENTORY SHARING; PERFORMANCE EVALUATION; SERVICE PARTS LOGISTICS; TIME-BASED SERVICE LEVELS;

LOGISTICS;

EID: 38849176183     PISSN: 03608352     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cie.2007.07.013     Document Type: Article

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