A sensitivity analysis of solving joint replenishment problems using the RAND method under inaccurate holding cost estimates and demand forecasts

Computers and Industrial Engineering

Volumn 55, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 243-252

  Wang, Yi Chi ^a   Cheng, Wei Ting ^a  

^a FENG CHIA UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Customer demands; Joint replenishment problems; RAND; Unit holding costs

Indexed keywords

COST ACCOUNTING; ESTIMATION; FORECASTING; HEURISTIC METHODS; NUMERICAL METHODS; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; STATISTICS;

COST ESTIMATING; COST ESTIMATIONS; CUSTOMER DEMANDS; DEMAND FORECASTING; ELSEVIER (CO); HEURISTIC APPROACHES; HOLDING COSTS; JOINT REPLENISHMENT; JOINT REPLENISHMENT PROBLEM (JRP); MULTIPLE PRODUCTS; OPTIMAL SOLUTIONS; ORDERING COST; REAL VALUES; REAL WORLD; REPLENISHMENT POLICY; RESEARCH WORKS; TOTAL COSTS; UNCERTAIN DEMANDS;

COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS;

EID: 44649104444     PISSN: 03608352     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cie.2007.12.010     Document Type: Article

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