Incorporating a delay mechanism in ordering policies into multi-echelon distribution systems

IIE Transactions (Institute of Industrial Engineers)

Volumn 40, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 445-458

  Moinzadeh, Kamran ^a   Zhou, Yong Pin ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

Inventory management; Multi echelon distribution system; Non Poisson demand; Order delay

Indexed keywords

COSTS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; OPTIMIZATION;

MULTI-ECHELON DISTRIBUTION SYSTEM; NON-POISSON DEMAND; ORDER DELAY;

INVENTORY CONTROL;

EID: 39049095379     PISSN: 0740817X     EISSN: 15458830     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/07408170701416640     Document Type: Article

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